---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community-based outpatient stabilization programs for voluntary treatment; referrals."
description: "An Act to amend and reenact §§ 37.2-808, 37.2-809, 37.2-813, as they are currently effective and as they shall become effective, 37.2-815, 37.2-816 and 37.2-817, as they are currently effective and as they shall become effective, and 37.2-1104 of the Code of Virginia, relating to referrals to community-based outpatient stabilization programs for voluntary treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 819"
citation: "Virginia SB 819 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-12-31"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee4b37de-0847-4ac0-b356-2a8127d141ec"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB819"
source_hash: "282facc7050b6c9f7f204c03b8e6a0fb6f9ab488faed50ac238c2c8279565365"
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 819 (2025) — Community-based outpatient stabilization programs for voluntary treatment; referrals.

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 37.2-808, 37.2-809, 37.2-813, as they are currently effective and as they shall become effective, 37.2-815, 37.2-816 and 37.2-817, as they are currently effective and as they shall become effective, and 37.2-1104 of the Code of Virginia, relating to referrals to community-based outpatient stabilization programs for voluntary treatment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012079.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1076935.PDF)
3. **Education and Health Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037021.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1038276.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059544.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-31** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100803D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-31** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB819)
- **2025-01-17** Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services to Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Education and Health Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-02-03** Printed as engrossed 25100803D-E
- **2025-02-03** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB819)
- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Assigned sub: Behavioral Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB819ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB819)
- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 504 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0504)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee4b37de-0847-4ac0-b356-2a8127d141ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).