republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-610.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waiver slots, sunset date."
description: "Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waivers; sunset. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend their regulations to allow for support coordinators to request and subsequently obtain approval of consecutive waiver slot-retention requests for a period of up to 365 calendar days for individuals who have been assigned a Developmental Disability waiver slot. Current regulations allow for four consecutive 30-day slot-retention extensions. The bill sunsets on June 30, 2026, and is identical to HB 577."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 610"
citation: "Virginia SB 610 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein", "Stella G. Pekarsky"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/722afde7-8780-49a8-86e8-af41389d787a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB610"
source_hash: "d29189289fafc16be8126bb7f6a0f8270de3a5fe4a1e382383ef9b25dd72da57"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 610 (2024) — Slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waiver slots, sunset date.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waivers; sunset. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend their regulations to allow for support coordinators to request and subsequently obtain approval of consecutive waiver slot-retention requests for a period of up to 365 calendar days for individuals who have been assigned a Developmental Disability waiver slot. Current regulations allow for four consecutive 30-day slot-retention extensions. The bill sunsets on June 30, 2026, and is identical to HB 577.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0125)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105008D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB610)
3. **Printed as engrossed 24105008D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB610E)
4. **SB610ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB610ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
- Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105008D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB610)
- **2024-01-31** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-01** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Reading of amendment waived
- **2024-02-05** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-05** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB610E
- **2024-02-05** Printed as engrossed 24105008D-E
- **2024-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB610E)
- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB610ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB610ER)
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 125 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-20** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0125)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/722afde7-8780-49a8-86e8-af41389d787a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).