---
type: "Bill"
title: "DBHDS; review of regulations that impact providers."
description: "DBHDS; review of regulations that impact providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2255"
citation: "Virginia HB 2255 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hodges"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05fb8ecc-fa22-4c9f-b297-60358afb7da6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2255"
source_hash: "3a8a5f3d7f32c30f54855b8b14e6dd0a364bea03636a0b9a7ed77797a2838fad"
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 2255 (2023) — DBHDS; review of regulations that impact providers.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0491** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0491)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105542D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2255H1)
3. **HB2255ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2255ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104085D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2255)

## Votes

- Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hodges — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104085D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 4-N)
- **2023-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23105542D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2255H1)
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23105542D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2255H1 `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 (13-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 (HB2255ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2255ER)
- **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 491 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0491)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05fb8ecc-fa22-4c9f-b297-60358afb7da6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).