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type: "Bill"
title: "Rapid whole genome sequencing; state plan for medical assistance services."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1900"
citation: "Virginia HB 1900 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c29ab94-8917-41b7-982a-9cc8c1ea4d6d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1900"
source_hash: "8a5769fef73bac9cea63bfa63a2ebe31a4631c3d66d23ee641371b64cff16d26"
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 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](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013570.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071591.PDF)
3. **Education and Health Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047661.PDF)
4. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052202.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064342.PDF)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **60** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services and rereferred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c29ab94-8917-41b7-982a-9cc8c1ea4d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).