republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1221.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Loudoun & Prince William Counties & Manassas & Manassas Park Cities; operation of local health dept."
description: "Operation of the Loudoun County local healthdepartment. Allows Loudoun County to enter into a contract withthe Department of Health for the local administration of local healthservices. Currently, the local department of health is operated asa joint venture between the state and local governments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1221"
citation: "Virginia SB 1221 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb7ca7e3-7927-452b-9501-d7833df312bf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1221"
source_hash: "97ac4d6addcfbd4e210261606255096c2cc5d9077d3e4cd962f2f0f9e0678951"
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 SB 1221 (2021) — Loudoun & Prince William Counties & Manassas & Manassas Park Cities; operation of local health dept.

Operation of the Loudoun County local healthdepartment. Allows Loudoun County to enter into a contract withthe Department of Health for the local administration of local healthservices. Currently, the local department of health is operated asa joint venture between the state and local governments.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0521** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0521)
2. **Governor's substitute printed 21200847D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1221S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102528D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1221)
4. **SB1221ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1221ER)
5. **SB1221ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1221ER2)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 20-N) — **20–19** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agree To (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102528D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1221)
- **2021-01-26** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-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
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1221ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **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** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- **2021-03-31** Governor's substitute printed 21200847D-S1
- **2021-04-07** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 20-N)
- **2021-04-07** Chair votes Yea
- **2021-04-07** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N )
- **2021-04-07** VOTE: Agree To (96-Y 0-N)
- **2021-04-07** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2021-04-07** Reenrolled
- **2021-04-07** Reenrolled bill text (SB1221ER2)
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2021-04-07** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2021-04-07** Enacted, Chapter 521 (effective 7/1/21) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb7ca7e3-7927-452b-9501-d7833df312bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).