HB 1415 Virginia House of Delegates · 2018 Regular Session

Henrietta Lacks Commission; established, report, sunset date.

Summary
Creates the Henrietta Lacks Commission to establish through a public-private partnership the Henrietta Lacks Life Sciences Center in Halifax County as a cancer research and treatment center designed to (i) transform and accelerate cancer research and treatment through the use of biodata tools, (ii) provide tailored cancer treatment medicine to an underserved portion of rural Southside Virginia, and (iii) incubate new biotech businesses across the Southside Virginia region. The bill requires the Commission to annually submit a report on its interim activity and work to the Governor and General Assembly. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2021.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2018 Last action Mar 10, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
4
Committee
9
Amendments
4
Mar 7, 2018
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Mar 6, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Mar 5, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
legislature
Mar 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Mar 5, 2018
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
legislature
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1415E
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Feb 2, 2018
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
legislature
Feb 1, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Jan 25, 2018
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
legislature
Jan 23, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
legislature
Jan 23, 2018
Committee
Referred from General Laws by voice vote
legislature
Jan 15, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Jan 15, 2018
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 18104386D
legislature
1 primary · 78 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of James Edmunds
James Edmunds
RRepublican
VA
60
Co
Photo of Barry Knight
Barry Knight
RRepublican
VA
98
Co
Photo of Betsy Carr
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
VA
78
Co
Photo of Bobby Orrock
Bobby Orrock
RRepublican
VA
66
Co
Photo of Brenda L. Pogge
Brenda L. Pogge
RRepublican
VA
96
Co
Photo of Buddy Fowler
Buddy Fowler
RRepublican
VA
59
Co
Photo of Charles D. Poindexter
Charles D. Poindexter
RRepublican
VA
9
Co
Photo of Charniele Herring
Charniele Herring
DDemocratic
VA
4
Co
Photo of Cheryl B. Turpin
Cheryl B. Turpin
DDemocratic
VA
85
Co
Photo of Chris L. Hurst
Chris L. Hurst
DDemocratic
VA
12
Co
Photo of Christopher K. Peace
Christopher K. Peace
RRepublican
VA
97