---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Commission; powers and duties, process to solicit and receive input."
description: "Behavioral Health Commission; powers and duties, process to solicit and receive input."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2182"
citation: "Virginia HB 2182 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e29f2529-57dd-4e44-a34a-ef32b1dc3778"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2182"
source_hash: "23ce59ed47e5dd7c8010179f5c7e43c52a3c38eb45c921642a9a5f0f6d32b721"
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 2182 (2023) — Behavioral Health Commission; powers and duties, process to solicit and receive input.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0481** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0481)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105897D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2182H1)
3. **HB2182ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2182ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103619D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2182)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rules with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103619D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB2182)
- **2023-01-31** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Rules with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23105897D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2182H1)
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23105897D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2182H1 `substitution`
- **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 Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2182ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2182ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 481 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0481)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e29f2529-57dd-4e44-a34a-ef32b1dc3778`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).