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type: "Bill"
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title: "Developmental disability waivers; financial eligibility standards, sunset repeal."
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description: "Developmental disability waivers; financial eligibility standards; sunset repeal. Repeals the July 1, 2026, sunset on provisions directing the Department of Medical Assistance Services to disregard Social Security Disability Insurance income above the maximum monthly Supplemental Security Income when determining financial eligibility for developmental disability waivers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 37"
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citation: "Virginia HB 37 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Irene Shin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-12-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71d18761-9152-474f-a94e-210cdad5f8f9"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB37"
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source_hash: "ca0f6fc5e2264f17e8127d46bd794975bedcda6b3606ebea636819acf5efa922"
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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 37 (2026) — Developmental disability waivers; financial eligibility standards, sunset repeal.
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Developmental disability waivers; financial eligibility standards; sunset repeal. Repeals the July 1, 2026, sunset on provisions directing the Department of Medical Assistance Services to disregard Social Security Disability Insurance income above the maximum monthly Supplemental Security Income when determining financial eligibility for developmental disability waivers.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082052.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216162.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208753.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Irene Shin — primary (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Garrett McGuire — cosponsor (person)
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
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- Leslie Chambers Mehta — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
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- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101134D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-12-23** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-16** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB37)
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House Block Vote (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-05** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB37ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB37)
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- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 55 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055)
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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/71d18761-9152-474f-a94e-210cdad5f8f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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