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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Involuntary admission; release of individual."
+description: "Involuntary admission; release of individual."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1976"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1976 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 11
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b9af709-fcda-4c5c-9015-98d540020483"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1976"
+source_hash: "7054b2e1a0d982df8f288edf188a74e48b4ac3f278f63129db8c35b548cf3b10"
+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 1976 (2023) — Involuntary admission; release of individual.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0168** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0168)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 23105810D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1976H1)
+3. **Committee substitute printed 23107148D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1976S1)
+4. **HB1976ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1976ER)
+5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104304D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1976)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104304D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1976)
+- **2023-01-26** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
+- **2023-02-03** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute printed 23105810D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105810D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1976H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15** Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15** Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1976H1)
+- **2023-02-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute printed 23107148D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1976S1)
+- **2023-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23107148D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1976S1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute rejected by House 23107148D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
+- **2023-02-22** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
+- **2023-02-23** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
+- **2023-02-23** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-23** House acceded to request
+- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
+- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Bell, Ransone, Watts
+- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
+- **2023-02-23** Senators: Deeds, McClellan, Stuart
+- **2023-02-24** Amended by conference committee
+- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1976ER) `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1976ER)
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 168 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0168)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b9af709-fcda-4c5c-9015-98d540020483`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+