republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1006.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information."
description: "Requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to provide electronic data, including individually identifiable information, on proceedings pursuant to the Psychiatric Treatment of Minors Act and the Emergency Custody of Voluntary and Involuntary Civil Admissions Act to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services upon request and provides that the Department may use such data for the purpose of developing and maintaining statistical archives, conducting research on the outcome of such proceedings, and preparing analyses and reports for use by the Department. The bill requires the Department to take all necessary steps to protect the security and privacy of the records and information provided pursuant to the provisions of the bill in accordance with the requirements of state and federal law and regulations governing health privacy. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1006"
citation: "Virginia SB 1006 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Computer Services and Uses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.", "R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b3c4904-8f90-418b-9bf7-eebc5f5e83b7"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1006"
source_hash: "26ad4a600b8699bd8b4efc7f1e60ec33a35724161cb5ea161564319bb9aa258b"
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 1006 (2017) — Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information.

Requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to provide electronic data, including individually identifiable information, on proceedings pursuant to the Psychiatric Treatment of Minors Act and the Emergency Custody of Voluntary and Involuntary Civil Admissions Act to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services upon request and provides that the Department may use such data for the purpose of developing and maintaining statistical archives, conducting research on the outcome of such proceedings, and preparing analyses and reports for use by the Department. The bill requires the Department to take all necessary steps to protect the security and privacy of the records and information provided pursuant to the provisions of the bill in accordance with the requirements of state and federal law and regulations governing health privacy. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0719)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0719)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1006ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1006ER)
3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104524D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1006S1)
4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101414D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1006)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
- David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101414D `introduction`
- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Passed by for the day
- **2017-01-24** Passed by for the day
- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-01-25** Committee substitute agreed to 17104524D-S1
- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1006S1
- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 719 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b3c4904-8f90-418b-9bf7-eebc5f5e83b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).