---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health conditions & impairment; health regulatory board w/in DHP to amend its applications."
description: "Mental health conditions & impairment; health regulatory board w/in DHP to amend its applications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1573"
citation: "Virginia HB 1573 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e303d28-3f29-4c5d-88ca-3406c183cb07"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1573"
source_hash: "da3db2c10e8a8c1c12d87313905ac9b73740476947c1769702a100872cbbc4ee"
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 1573 (2023) — Mental health conditions & impairment; health regulatory board w/in DHP to amend its applications.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0018)
2. **HB1573ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1573ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/23 23103067D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1573)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23103067D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1573E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage Emergency (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/23 23103067D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1573)
- **2023-01-16** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Passed by for the day
- **2023-01-30** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Amendments by Delegate Walker agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB1573E
- **2023-01-30** Printed as engrossed 23103067D-E
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1573E)
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: Passage Emergency (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1573ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1573ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 18 (effective 3/16/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e303d28-3f29-4c5d-88ca-3406c183cb07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).