republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-255.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult wellness screening; sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait."
description: "Adult wellness screening; sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait. Provides that every adult resident of the Commonwealth may be offered screening tests for sickle cell disease or the sickle cell trait and requires that the health care professional in charge of an adult's annual health examination provide education and appropriate counseling regarding the results of any such test that is performed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 255"
citation: "Virginia HB 255 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Candi Mundon King"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/026e8692-7372-4db1-be44-4ed0002a251e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB255"
source_hash: "638f83af8f4392bb221af992b36fb9dd4276f4730f261378e850e18afe0efcd2"
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 255 (2024) — Adult wellness screening; sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait.

Adult wellness screening; sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait. Provides that every adult resident of the Commonwealth may be offered screening tests for sickle cell disease or the sickle cell trait and requires that the health care professional in charge of an adult's annual health examination provide education and appropriate counseling regarding the results of any such test that is performed.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0182** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0182)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106066D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB255H1)
3. **HB255ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB255ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101293D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB255)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Candi Mundon King — primary (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101293D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-04** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-01-23** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25** Committee substitute printed 24106066D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 24106066D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB255H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB255H1)
- **2024-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB255ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB255ER)
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-03** 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`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 182 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0182)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/026e8692-7372-4db1-be44-4ed0002a251e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).