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type: "Bill"
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title: "Brain injury; clarifies definition."
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description: "Brain injury; definition. Eliminates therequirement that an injury occur before the age of 65 to constitutea brain injury as that term is used in the context of licensure ofprivate providers of behavioral health services."
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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 1421"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1421 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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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/06896ea6-4750-4d19-9c7f-bf9739919191"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1421"
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source_hash: "f5fcd2b6cacc65760a7c7e23fe08ec692edf4cabe0a7b8982adb3389ebefc2ce"
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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 1421 (2021) — Brain injury; clarifies definition.
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Brain injury; definition. Eliminates therequirement that an injury occur before the age of 65 to constitutea brain injury as that term is used in the context of licensure ofprivate providers of behavioral health services.
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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. **CHAP0257** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0257)
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2. **Presented and ordered printed 21102298D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1421)
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3. **SB1421ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1421ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — 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** Presented and ordered printed 21102298D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB1421)
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- **2021-01-18** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-21** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-26** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions
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- **2021-02-11** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-16** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1421ER)
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- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
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- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 257 (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/06896ea6-4750-4d19-9c7f-bf9739919191`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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