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type: "Bill"
title: "Southwestern Va. Mental Health Institute; Governor to lease a portion of property to Smyth County."
description: "Disposition of property previously used by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services as the Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute. Authorizes the Governor to lease a portion of property previously used by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services as the Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute to Smyth County in as-is condition for a term of three years upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed by the parties, including, without limitation, Smyth County's responsibility for building or infrastructure refurbishments and operational expenses. The bill also corrects tax map references from a 2019 conveyance of property in Smyth County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2098"
citation: "Virginia HB 2098 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Israel D. O'Quinn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fb3c547-91e8-4877-ab33-abc6211f0629"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2098"
source_hash: "1c42f4be6f98af5849222d5f6b1c9ccd4e475d14c064a0401b5c59ceb2af749f"
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 2098 (2021) — Southwestern Va. Mental Health Institute; Governor to lease a portion of property to Smyth County.
Disposition of property previously used by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services as the Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute. Authorizes the Governor to lease a portion of property previously used by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services as the Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute to Smyth County in as-is condition for a term of three years upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed by the parties, including, without limitation, Smyth County's responsibility for building or infrastructure refurbishments and operational expenses. The bill also corrects tax map references from a 2019 conveyance of property in Smyth County.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0068** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0068)
2. **HB2098ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2098ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102161D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2098)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21102161D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2098E)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N) — **190** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **320** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102161D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-19** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB2098)
- **2021-01-27** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-27** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Committee on HWI amendment agreed to
- **2021-01-29** Committee on Appropriations amendment agreed to
- **2021-01-29** Engrossed by House as amended HB2098E
- **2021-01-29** Printed as engrossed 21102161D-E
- **2021-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2098E)
- **2021-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-02** 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)
- **2021-02-10** Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Rereferred to General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
- **2021-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2098ER)
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 68 (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/3fb3c547-91e8-4877-ab33-abc6211f0629`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).