Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

106 lines
7.6 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supported decision-making agreements; DBHDS to develop and implement a program, etc."
description: "Supported decision-making agreements; report.Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services(the Department) to develop and implement a program to educate individualswith intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families, and others regarding the availability of supported decision-makingagreements, the process by which an individual with an intellectualor developmental disability may enter into a supported decision-makingagreement with a supporter, and the rights and responsibilities ofprincipals and supporters who are parties to a supported decision-makingagreement, which shall include specific training opportunities, developmentof model supported decision-making agreements, and development ofinformation about and protocols for preventing, identifying, andaddressing abuse and exploitation of individuals with intellectualand developmental disabilities who enter into supported decision-makingagreements. The bill directs the Department to collect data regardingthe utilization of supported decision-making agreements in the Commonwealthand report such information, together with recommendations to enhancethe utilization of supported decision-making agreements, annuallyto the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2230"
citation: "Virginia HB 2230 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert B. Bell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/613e618c-229a-4569-9168-d29abea8c7ee"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2230"
source_hash: "57b610f4676c81e30e79588b8b205dcca8ea96fc015ed1e3b0eda0e3b9d5b875"
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 2230 (2021) — Supported decision-making agreements; DBHDS to develop and implement a program, etc.
Supported decision-making agreements; report.Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services(the Department) to develop and implement a program to educate individualswith intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families, and others regarding the availability of supported decision-makingagreements, the process by which an individual with an intellectualor developmental disability may enter into a supported decision-makingagreement with a supporter, and the rights and responsibilities ofprincipals and supporters who are parties to a supported decision-makingagreement, which shall include specific training opportunities, developmentof model supported decision-making agreements, and development ofinformation about and protocols for preventing, identifying, andaddressing abuse and exploitation of individuals with intellectualand developmental disabilities who enter into supported decision-makingagreements. The bill directs the Department to collect data regardingthe utilization of supported decision-making agreements in the Commonwealthand report such information, together with recommendations to enhancethe utilization of supported decision-making agreements, annuallyto the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0232** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0232)
2. **HB2230ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2230ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101478D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2230)
## Votes
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **60** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101478D `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Assigned HWI sub: Behavioral Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2230)
- **2021-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-26** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2021-01-28** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-01** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2230ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 232 (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/613e618c-229a-4569-9168-d29abea8c7ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).