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| Bill | State facilities; admission of certain aliens. | State facilities; admission of certain aliens.Repeals the requirements that (i) the Commissioner of BehavioralHealth and Developmental Services determine the nationality of eachperson admitted to a state facility and, if the person is an alien,notify the United States immigration officer in charge of the districtin which the state facility is located and (ii) upon request of theUnited States immigration officer in charge of the district in whicha state facility to which a person who is an alien is admitted islocated or the judge or special justice who certified or orderedthe admission of such alien, the clerk of the court furnish a certifiedcopy of records pertaining to the case of the admitted alien. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1220 | Virginia SB 1220 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1220 (2021) — State facilities; admission of certain aliens.
State facilities; admission of certain aliens.Repeals the requirements that (i) the Commissioner of BehavioralHealth and Developmental Services determine the nationality of eachperson admitted to a state facility and, if the person is an alien,notify the United States immigration officer in charge of the districtin which the state facility is located and (ii) upon request of theUnited States immigration officer in charge of the district in whicha state facility to which a person who is an alien is admitted islocated or the judge or special justice who certified or orderedthe admission of such alien, the clerk of the court furnish a certifiedcopy of records pertaining to the case of the admitted alien.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0244 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101347D (committee substitute) — source
- SB1220ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) — 4–2 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (13-Y 8-N) — 13–8 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 3-N) — 10–3 (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 54–45 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 14-N) — 25–14 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- George L. Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101347D
introduction - 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2021-01-18 Assigned Education sub: Health
referral-committee - 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB1220)
- 2021-01-21 Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-25 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-01-26 Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 14-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-02 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 2021-02-09 Assigned HWI sub: Behavioral Health
referral-committee - 2021-02-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
- 2021-02-16 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (13-Y 8-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-18 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-19 Passed House (55-Y 45-N)
passage - 2021-02-19 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- 2021-02-24 Enrolled
- 2021-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB1220ER)
- 2021-02-24 Signed by President
- 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- 2021-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 244 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f97aa73f-68a4-4d10-839d-cd7391c90231. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).