---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Commission; agency assistance, access Commission records."
description: "Behavioral Health Commission; agency assistance, access Commission records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1170"
citation: "Virginia SB 1170 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01cd6b71-f769-4951-86f8-27fc0f6a51d7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1170"
source_hash: "743e852a5623958929672ff40a9203902070f84bad879b95077a1456c0d90d87"
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 1170 (2023) — Behavioral Health Commission; agency assistance, access Commission records.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0669** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0669)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106037D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1170S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103859D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1170)
4. **SB1170ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1170ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-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

- Hanger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103859D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1170)
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23106037D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106037D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1170S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1170S1)
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1170ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1170ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **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 669 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0669)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01cd6b71-f769-4951-86f8-27fc0f6a51d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).