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type: "Bill"
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title: "Supported decision-making agreements; DBHDS to develop and implement a program, etc."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2230"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2230 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert B. Bell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 12
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first_action: "2021-01-13"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/613e618c-229a-4569-9168-d29abea8c7ee"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2230"
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source_hash: "57b610f4676c81e30e79588b8b205dcca8ea96fc015ed1e3b0eda0e3b9d5b875"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2230 (2021) — Supported decision-making agreements; DBHDS to develop and implement a program, etc.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0232** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0232)
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2. **HB2230ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2230ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101478D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2230)
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## Votes
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101478D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-15** Assigned HWI sub: Behavioral Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2230)
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- **2021-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-26** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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- **2021-01-28** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-28** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-01** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-04** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-04** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-11** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-11** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-18** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2230ER)
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- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
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- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 232 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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