republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1455.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Memory Project; established."
description: "Virginia Center on Aging; Virginia Memory Project established. Establishes the Virginia Memory Project in the Virginia Center on Aging at Virginia Commonwealth University to collect and analyze data on Alzheimer's disease, related dementias, and other neurodegenerative disorders; provide assistance to individuals with Alzheimer's disease, related dementias, and other neurodegenerative disorders and their families and physicians; and assist in the development of relevant public policy. The bill provides that no publication of information shall be made that identifies any patient by name. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1455"
citation: "Virginia HB 1455 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b4dcc8e-1c2e-4bb4-a7d1-1481445988cb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1455"
source_hash: "6fe78931884d1deb5f8d10177b6fa5991d4c69896a126b7727a154a8892c1711"
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 HB 1455 (2024) — Virginia Memory Project; established.

Virginia Center on Aging; Virginia Memory Project established. Establishes the Virginia Memory Project in the Virginia Center on Aging at Virginia Commonwealth University to collect and analyze data on Alzheimer's disease, related dementias, and other neurodegenerative disorders; provide assistance to individuals with Alzheimer's disease, related dementias, and other neurodegenerative disorders and their families and physicians; and assist in the development of relevant public policy. The bill provides that no publication of information shall be made that identifies any patient by name. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0330** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0330)
2. **HB1455ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1455ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24105393D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1455)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 24105393D `introduction`
- **2024-01-18** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Assigned sub: Behavioral Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1455)
- **2024-02-06** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1455ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1455ER)
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 330 (effective 1/1/25) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0330)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b4dcc8e-1c2e-4bb4-a7d1-1481445988cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).