---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assisted living facilities; minimum liability insurance."
description: "Assisted living facilities; minimum liability insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1221"
citation: "Virginia SB 1221 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obenshain"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b34f77b-5c1e-4ef0-954e-02696b847ca3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1221"
source_hash: "c65378744feae02656b576f25922f4da89cfa696a3d03d6caa714c19bbecf427"
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 1221 (2023) — Assisted living facilities; minimum liability insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0580** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0580)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102141D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1221)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23102141D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1221E)
4. **SB1221ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1221ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Obenshain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102141D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1221)
- **2023-02-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23102141D-E
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-06** Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1221E
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1221E)
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-17** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-21** House insisted on amendment
- **2023-02-21** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-22** Senators: Obenshain, Spruill, McPike
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Orrock, Robinson, Guzman
- **2023-02-23** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 1-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 1-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1221ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1221ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 580 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0580)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b34f77b-5c1e-4ef0-954e-02696b847ca3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).