republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1302.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crisis Call Center Fund; created, collection of 988 charges."
description: "Crisis call center; Crisis Call Center Fund established. Provides that the crisis call center, which under current law is administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department), shall be designated as the 9-8-8 Crisis Hotline Center for purposes of participating in the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The bill directs the Department, in its development of the crisis call center, community care teams, and mobile crisis teams, to comply with any applicable requirements of the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 and to provide for consistency with federal guidelines promulgated under such law. The bill contains immunity provisions for any originating service provider and its employees and agents acting pursuant to the act.The bill increases from $0.75 to $0.94 the wireless E-911 surcharge and increases from $0.50 to $0.63 the prepaid wireless E-911 charge. The bill provides that part of the revenue attributable to the increase would be distributed to the Crisis Call Center Fund, established by the bill, to fund the Department's costs in establishing and administering the call center, and that the remainder of the revenue would be distributed to public safety answering points (PSAPs)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1302"
citation: "Virginia SB 1302 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ad2f52b-4b0e-494c-a783-ef283b9d7ade"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1302"
source_hash: "e34e1d68664e048e1603408b9a2fabc779b13b8d9edf0556d4f3b19403b2ec3f"
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 1302 (2021) — Crisis Call Center Fund; created, collection of 988 charges.

Crisis call center; Crisis Call Center Fund established. Provides that the crisis call center, which under current law is administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department), shall be designated as the 9-8-8 Crisis Hotline Center for purposes of participating in the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The bill directs the Department, in its development of the crisis call center, community care teams, and mobile crisis teams, to comply with any applicable requirements of the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 and to provide for consistency with federal guidelines promulgated under such law. The bill contains immunity provisions for any originating service provider and its employees and agents acting pursuant to the act.The bill increases from $0.75 to $0.94 the wireless E-911 surcharge and increases from $0.50 to $0.63 the prepaid wireless E-911 charge. The bill provides that part of the revenue attributable to the increase would be distributed to the Crisis Call Center Fund, established by the bill, to fund the Department's costs in establishing and administering the call center, and that the remainder of the revenue would be distributed to public safety answering points (PSAPs).

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0248** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0248)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103475D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1302S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 21200104D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1302H1)
4. **Committee substitute printed 21200378D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1302H2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102780D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1302)
6. **SB1302ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1302ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N) — **14–2** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 7-N) — **30–7** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102780D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-21** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Committee substitute printed 21103475D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-21** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1302S1)
- **2021-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-01-28** Committee substitute agreed to 21103475D-S1
- **2021-01-28** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1302S1
- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 7-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`
- **2021-02-11** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Committee substitute printed 21200104D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-11** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-14** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-17** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Committee substitute printed 21200378D-H2 `substitution`
- **2021-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions substitute rejected 21200104D-H1
- **2021-02-19** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 21200378D-H2
- **2021-02-19** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1302H2
- **2021-02-19** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1302H2)
- **2021-02-19** House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
- **2021-02-19** Title replaced 21200378D-H2
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1302ER)
- **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 248 (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/6ad2f52b-4b0e-494c-a783-ef283b9d7ade`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).