---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensed providers; DBHDS shall review its regulations relating to required reporting."
description: "Licensed providers; DBHDS shall review its regulations relating to required reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1544"
citation: "Virginia SB 1544 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rouse"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93e991bc-d35f-4903-a922-3c8817a11a15"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1544"
source_hash: "365103a4e3e13ce99e46e02bf842617fef83728e27fb5cf1b4779c7a792ec882"
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 SB 1544 (2023) — Licensed providers; DBHDS shall review its regulations relating to required reporting.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0512** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0512)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105465D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1544S1)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23105014D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1544)
4. **SB1544ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1544ER)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rouse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Unanimous consent to introduce `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 23105014D `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1544)
- **2023-01-25** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Incorporates SB1177 (Lucas)
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute printed 23105465D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB1544S1)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 23105465D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1544S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1544ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1544ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 512 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0512)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93e991bc-d35f-4903-a922-3c8817a11a15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).