---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral health and developmental services; provisional licenses issued to providers."
description: "Behavioral health and developmental services; provisional licenses issued to providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1900"
citation: "Virginia HB 1900 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hope"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/232556dc-f774-4b55-9c65-605e910b94d4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1900"
source_hash: "93aa08c368f49933ecd5ebef43e88b85f937544060b202945269a8f3f39463a4"
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 1900 (2023) — Behavioral health and developmental services; provisional licenses issued to providers.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0781** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0781)
2. **Governor's substitute printed 23107754D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1900H1)
3. **HB1900ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1900ER)
4. **HB1900ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1900ER2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100684D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1900)
6. **Printed as engrossed 23100684D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1900E)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100684D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1900)
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB1900E
- **2023-02-03** Printed as engrossed 23100684D-E
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1900E)
- **2023-02-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-20** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1900ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1900ER)
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107754D-H1
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB1900ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 781 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0781)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/232556dc-f774-4b55-9c65-605e910b94d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).