republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1203.md

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Bill	Suicide Prevention Coordinator; position created in the Department Veterans Services, report.	Department of Veterans Services; Mental HealthCare Coordinator; position created; report. Establishes the positionof Mental Health Care Coordinator (the Coordinator) in the Departmentof Veterans Services to support and closely coordinate effectivemental health care services for military service members and veteransand their families. The bill directs the Coordinator to report byDecember 1 of each year through the Commissioner of the Departmentof Veterans Services to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs,the Governor, and the General Assembly on the work of the Coordinatorand any legislative recommendations.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 1203	Virginia HB 1203 (2022)	bill		enacted	Anne Ferrell Tata	4	35	9	2022-01-18	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/e2733c77-23a4-482a-ad9b-d9d5682e73eb	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1203	7da40829199cc35495b336d9588d1023d6512d3f6a60d12b3f2e8c5c24aec943	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1203 (2022) — Suicide Prevention Coordinator; position created in the Department Veterans Services, report.

Department of Veterans Services; Mental HealthCare Coordinator; position created; report. Establishes the positionof Mental Health Care Coordinator (the Coordinator) in the Departmentof Veterans Services to support and closely coordinate effectivemental health care services for military service members and veteransand their families. The bill directs the Coordinator to report byDecember 1 of each year through the Commissioner of the Departmentof Veterans Services to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs,the Governor, and the General Assembly on the work of the Coordinatorand any legislative recommendations.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0322 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105451D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1203ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 22103780D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage Block Vote (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anne Ferrell Tata — primary (person)
• Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
• Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
• John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 22103780D introduction
• 2022-01-18 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2022-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB1203)
• 2022-01-25 Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-27 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2022-01-28 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-28 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-01-28 Committee substitute printed 22105451D-H1 substitution
• 2022-01-29 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-31 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 22105451D-H1
• 2022-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1203H1
• 2022-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1203H1)
• 2022-02-04 Read third time and passed House Block Vote (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-04 VOTE: Passage Block Vote (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-03-02 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-02 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-08 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB1203ER)
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 322 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2733c77-23a4-482a-ad9b-d9d5682e73eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).