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type: "Bill"
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title: "Behavioral Health Commission; established, report."
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description: "Behavioral Health Commission created. Creates the Behavioral Health Commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of (i) studying and making recommendations for the improvement of behavioral health services and the behavioral health service system in the Commonwealth to encourage the adoption of policies to increase the quality and availability of and ensure access to the full continuum of high-quality, effective, and efficient behavioral health services for all persons in the Commonwealth and (ii) providing ongoing oversight of behavioral health services and the behavioral health service system in the Commonwealth, including monitoring and evaluation of established programs, services, and delivery and payment structures and implementation of new services and initiatives in the Commonwealth and development of recommendations for improving such programs, services, structures, and implementation."
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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: "SB 1273"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1273 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ab59404-c2ba-46a9-8d2b-21fdc693235c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1273"
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source_hash: "22b452836d25713aa77dfb87257d73729913a82b4766fcaddfbc47f8fae03f9e"
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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 SB 1273 (2021) — Behavioral Health Commission; established, report.
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Behavioral Health Commission created. Creates the Behavioral Health Commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of (i) studying and making recommendations for the improvement of behavioral health services and the behavioral health service system in the Commonwealth to encourage the adoption of policies to increase the quality and availability of and ensure access to the full continuum of high-quality, effective, and efficient behavioral health services for all persons in the Commonwealth and (ii) providing ongoing oversight of behavioral health services and the behavioral health service system in the Commonwealth, including monitoring and evaluation of established programs, services, and delivery and payment structures and implementation of new services and initiatives in the Commonwealth and development of recommendations for improving such programs, services, structures, and implementation.
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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. **CHAP0313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0313)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101274D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1273)
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3. **Printed as engrossed 21101274D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1273E)
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4. **SB1273ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1273ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rules with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Rules — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
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- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101274D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1273)
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- **2021-01-29** Reported from Rules with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-02** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2021-02-02** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2021-02-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1273E
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- **2021-02-02** Printed as engrossed 21101274D-E
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- **2021-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-02** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB1273E)
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- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Rules
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- **2021-02-19** Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-24** Passed by temporarily
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- **2021-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1273ER)
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 313 (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/7ab59404-c2ba-46a9-8d2b-21fdc693235c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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