---
type: "Bill"
title: "Involuntary admission; release of individual."
description: "Involuntary admission; release of individual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1299"
citation: "Virginia SB 1299 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deeds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdab63ae-bb52-4b61-a40d-459c3eaeb660"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1299"
source_hash: "4c9517d9f46b2da7f1147d73a6a3ba11c12e77d5b9807c4b7d8404a6a24e139f"
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 1299 (2023) — Involuntary admission; release of individual.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0169** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0169)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106325D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1299S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106686D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1299H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104043D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1299)
5. **SB1299ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1299ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deeds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104043D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1299)
- **2023-02-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute printed 23106325D-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 23106325D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1299S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106686D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106686D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1299H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1299H1)
- **2023-02-20** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2023-02-21** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-22** Senators: Deeds, Mason, McDougle
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Bell, Ransone, Watts
- **2023-02-24** 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 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1299ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1299ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 169 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0169)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdab63ae-bb52-4b61-a40d-459c3eaeb660`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).