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type: "Bill"
title: "Southwestern Va. Mental Health Inst.; Gov. to convey property to Smyth County."
description: "Disposition of property previously used by theDepartment of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services as theSouthwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute. Authorizes theGovernor to convey a portion of property previously used by the Departmentof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services as the SouthwesternVirginia Mental Health Institute to Smyth County. The conveyanceshall be made without consideration and in as-is condition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 557"
citation: "Virginia HB 557 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Israel D. O'Quinn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f60ad432-03c5-4b44-8575-ac43ac7d283a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB557"
source_hash: "2ae6a1c6c16927dd23d780cf3fa495df2efacc1c3ef81a9719dd950e487aeb20"
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 HB 557 (2022) — Southwestern Va. Mental Health Inst.; Gov. to convey property to Smyth County.
Disposition of property previously used by theDepartment of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services as theSouthwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute. Authorizes theGovernor to convey a portion of property previously used by the Departmentof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services as the SouthwesternVirginia Mental Health Institute to Smyth County. The conveyanceshall be made without consideration and in as-is condition.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0448** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0448)
2. **HB557ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB557ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101263D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB557)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101263D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB557)
- **2022-02-03** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Enrolled
- **2022-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB557ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 448 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f60ad432-03c5-4b44-8575-ac43ac7d283a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).