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SB171

Henrietta Lacks Commission; established.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Bill Stanley (R)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Henrietta Lacks Commission; report; sunset.

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 has an expiration date of July 1, 2021. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 12/28/2017 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101389D
  • 12/28/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
  • 01/23/2018 - Senate: Impact statement from VDH (SB171)
  • 02/09/2018 - Senate: Reported from Rules with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Read second time
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Committee amendment #1 agreed to
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Committee amendment #2 rejected
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Amendment by Senator Hanger withdrawn
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Amendments by Senator Stanley agreed to
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB171E
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/13/2018 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 18101389D-E
  • 02/14/2018 - Senate: Impact statement from VDH (SB171E)
  • 02/19/2018 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/19/2018 - House: Read first time
  • 02/19/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
  • 02/22/2018 - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
  • 02/26/2018 - House: Read second time
  • 02/27/2018 - House: Passed by for the day
  • 02/28/2018 - House: Read third time
  • 02/28/2018 - House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
  • 02/28/2018 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
  • 03/05/2018 - Senate: Enrolled
  • 03/05/2018 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB171ER)
  • 03/05/2018 - Senate: Impact statement from VDH (SB171ER)
  • 03/05/2018 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/08/2018 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/14/2018 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 14, 2018
  • 03/14/2018 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
  • 03/23/2018 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 477 (effective 7/1/18)
  • 03/23/2018 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0477)

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