republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-2500.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florence Neal Cooper Smith Sickle Cell Research Endowment Fund; established."
description: "Florence Neal Cooper Smith Sickle Cell Research Endowment Fund established. Establishes the Florence Neal Cooper Smith Sickle Cell Research Endowment Fund to support medical and biomedical sickle cell disease research conducted in institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth that relates to the causes and potential cures of sickle cell disease. The Fund shall be administered by the Commonwealth Health Research Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2500"
citation: "Virginia HB 2500 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delores L. McQuinn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9178b8d-06ad-4f8c-bbe7-1f0e7a20e78f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2500"
source_hash: "296290b6e8fdb9ce8c197e675ee2fa79275055906d2045f88b4c609840fb7890"
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 2500 (2025) — Florence Neal Cooper Smith Sickle Cell Research Endowment Fund; established.

Florence Neal Cooper Smith Sickle Cell Research Endowment Fund established. Establishes the Florence Neal Cooper Smith Sickle Cell Research Endowment Fund to support medical and biomedical sickle cell disease research conducted in institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth that relates to the causes and potential cures of sickle cell disease. The Fund shall be administered by the Commonwealth Health Research Board.

## 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/1016557.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074377.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054897.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102996D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2500)
- **2025-01-20** Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-27** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-14** Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2500ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2500)
- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 415 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9178b8d-06ad-4f8c-bbe7-1f0e7a20e78f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).