---
type: "Bill"
title: "State facilities; video visitation."
description: "State facilities; video visitation. Requiresthe director of every state facility to establish a process by whichindividuals receiving services at the state facility are able toreceive virtual visits from any person designated by the individualreceiving services or his legally authorized representative."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 388"
citation: "Virginia HB 388 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d8e322e-46f9-4bca-b13a-4dae8194dde3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB388"
source_hash: "0d18c6bf61b387f7d3520e17a9c2b4ab4ead7a3565c40db8cb0654c35aa886b5"
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 388 (2022) — State facilities; video visitation.

State facilities; video visitation. Requiresthe director of every state facility to establish a process by whichindividuals receiving services at the state facility are able toreceive virtual visits from any person designated by the individualreceiving services or his legally authorized representative.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0295** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0295)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106761D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB388S1)
3. **HB388ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB388ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103639D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB388)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103639D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB388)
- **2022-01-21** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-08** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-25** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Committee substitute printed 22106761D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB388S1)
- **2022-02-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-01** Committee substitute agreed to 22106761D-S1
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB388S1
- **2022-03-01** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106761D-S1 (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB388ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 295 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d8e322e-46f9-4bca-b13a-4dae8194dde3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).