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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; new participants not required to appear in person."
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description: "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children;applications. Prohibits the Board of Social Services from requiringpersons applying to participate or renewing their participation inthe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to appear in person.The bill also codifies the Department of Health's authority to implementa Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, andChildren (WIC Program), which is currently authorized by regulation,and prohibits the Department of Health from requiring persons applyingto participate or renewing their participation in the WIC Programto appear in person."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 150"
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citation: "Virginia HB 150 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dan I. Helmer"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-02"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51bf037d-ef9a-49a1-8113-48674ef1e2f6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB150"
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source_hash: "ce1ea640c7cdf9da1dc50c65865a39453df2dca9abd13b9f03c0c903dcce9f43"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 150 (2024) — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; new participants not required to appear in person.
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children;applications. Prohibits the Board of Social Services from requiringpersons applying to participate or renewing their participation inthe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to appear in person.The bill also codifies the Department of Health's authority to implementa Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, andChildren (WIC Program), which is currently authorized by regulation,and prohibits the Department of Health from requiring persons applyingto participate or renewing their participation in the WIC Programto appear in person.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0435** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0435)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24105707D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB150H1)
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3. **HB150ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB150ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100937D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB150)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Rereferred from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 6-N) — **8–6** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N) — **88–9** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100937D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-02** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB150)
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- **2024-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-01-23** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-23** Committee substitute printed 24105707D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB150H1)
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- **2024-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 24105707D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB150H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-29** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 9-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-29** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N) `passage`
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- **2024-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-01-30** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Rereferred from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-01** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB150ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB150ER)
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 435 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0435)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51bf037d-ef9a-49a1-8113-48674ef1e2f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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