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| Bill | Individuals receiving services in a hospital, training center, etc.; right to send and receive mail. | Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; individuals receiving services; right to send and receive mail. Allows state facilities operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to process sealed letter mail for electronic delivery. This bill is identical to HB 1304. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 580 | Virginia SB 580 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 580 (2026) — Individuals receiving services in a hospital, training center, etc.; right to send and receive mail.
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; individuals receiving services; right to send and receive mail. Allows state facilities operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to process sealed letter mail for electronic delivery. This bill is identical to HB 1304.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mark J. Peake — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101844D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB580)
- 2026-02-12 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-12 Reported from Education and Health with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-13 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 Education and Health Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-16 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-16 Blank Action
- 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB580)
- 2026-02-20 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-20 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-20 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-26 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB580ER)
passage - 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB580)
- 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 290 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0290)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3162b15-4ea5-479b-a838-91637b2da763. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).