republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-1900.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Rapid whole genome sequencing; state plan for medical assistance services.	Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; rapid whole genome sequencing; emergency. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to add a provision to the state plan for medical assistance services allowing payment of medical assistance for rapid whole genome sequencing, as defined in the bill, for children three years of age or younger who are receiving inpatient hospital services in an intensive care unit. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 1461.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 1900	Virginia HB 1900 (2025)	bill		enacted	Rodney T. Willett	5	38	11	2025-01-06	2025-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/7c29ab94-8917-41b7-982a-9cc8c1ea4d6d	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1900	8a5769fef73bac9cea63bfa63a2ebe31a4631c3d66d23ee641371b64cff16d26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1900 (2025) — Rapid whole genome sequencing; state plan for medical assistance services.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; rapid whole genome sequencing; emergency. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to add a provision to the state plan for medical assistance services allowing payment of medical assistance for rapid whole genome sequencing, as defined in the bill, for children three years of age or younger who are receiving inpatient hospital services in an intensive care unit. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 1461.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Education and Health Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services and rereferred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-13-2025 25101384D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Assigned sub: Social Services referral-committee
• 2025-01-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1900)
• 2025-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-28 Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-28 Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2025-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-31 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-13 Committee substitute printed 25107308D-S1 substitution
• 2025-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1900)
• 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
• 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-18 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-02-18 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-18 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-18 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-19 Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1900ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1900)
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 147 (Effective 03/19/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0147)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c29ab94-8917-41b7-982a-9cc8c1ea4d6d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).