Virginia Senate Bill 1273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Passed on March 24 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0313)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Behavioral Health Commission created. Creates the Behavioral Health Commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of (i) studying and making recommendations for the improvement of behavioral health services and the behavioral health service system in the Commonwealth to encourage the adoption of policies to increase the quality and availability of and ensure access to the full continuum of high-quality, effective, and efficient behavioral health services for all persons in the Commonwealth and (ii) providing ongoing oversight of behavioral health services and the behavioral health service system in the Commonwealth, including monitoring and evaluation of established programs, services, and delivery and payment structures and implementation of new services and initiatives in the Commonwealth and development of recommendations for improving such programs, services, structures, and implementation. Behavioral Health Commission created. Creates the Behavioral Health Commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of (i) studying and making recommendations for the improvement of behavioral health services and the behavioral health service system in the Commonwealth to encourage the adoption of policies to increase the quality and availability of and ensure access to the full continuum of high-quality, effective, and efficient behavioral health services for all persons in the Commonwealth and (ii) providing ongoing oversight of behavioral health services and the behavioral health service system in the Commonwealth, including monitoring and evaluation of established programs, services, and delivery and payment structures and implementation of new services and initiatives in the Commonwealth and development of recommendations for improving such programs, services, structures, and implementation.

Behavioral Health Commission; established, report.

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

Sen. Emmett Hanger [R]

Sen. Monty Mason [D]

2021-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rules with amendments (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-24		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0313)
2021-03-24		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 313 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-03-01		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-01	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
2021-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-26	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-26	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1273ER)
2021-02-26	Senate	Enrolled
2021-02-24	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
2021-02-24	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2021-02-24	House	Passed by temporarily
2021-02-24	House	Read third time
2021-02-23	House	Read second time
2021-02-19	House	Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N)
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Rules by voice vote
2021-02-05	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2021-02-05	House	Read first time
2021-02-05	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-02	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-02	Senate	Printed as engrossed 21101274D-E
2021-02-02	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1273E
2021-02-02	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2021-02-02	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2021-02-02	Senate	Read second time
2021-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2021-01-29	Senate	Reported from Rules with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2021-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101274D

SB1273 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Rules by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1273
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1273+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1273E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1273ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0313+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+SB1273AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1273F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1273FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1273FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S10C0022+SB1273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0217SB1273+SB1273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0251SB1273+SB1273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0252SB1273+SB1273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H20V0004+SB1273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1907+SB1273