republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2092.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DBHDS; background checks, persons providing contractual services."
description: "Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; background checks; persons providing contractual services. Requires background checks for contract staff providing direct care services for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services' licensed services. The bill also sets out the barrier crimes for any person who provides contractual services directly to an individual receiving services on behalf of a licensed provider."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2092"
citation: "Virginia HB 2092 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e61a988e-0686-44b8-9776-17feb9c021c9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2092"
source_hash: "c332c99041a54a3a5a16b52f9271d082f51fe0cccebd7f8f32a43715063e513d"
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 2092 (2021) — DBHDS; background checks, persons providing contractual services.

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; background checks; persons providing contractual services. Requires background checks for contract staff providing direct care services for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services' licensed services. The bill also sets out the barrier crimes for any person who provides contractual services directly to an individual receiving services on behalf of a licensed provider.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0475** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0475)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103645D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2092H1)
3. **HB2092ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2092ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102497D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2092)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102497D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Assigned HWI sub: Behavioral Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2092)
- **2021-01-21** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-25** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Committee substitute printed 21103645D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB2092H1)
- **2021-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 21103645D-H1
- **2021-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2092H1
- **2021-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-12** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2092ER)
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 475 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e61a988e-0686-44b8-9776-17feb9c021c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).