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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: "HB 1873"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1873 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carrie E. Coyner"]
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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: "2021-01-08"
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last_action: "2021-02-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6fe6c65-b796-4754-999d-27e8af5e0d0c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1873"
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source_hash: "0e7fe7f3a9a2a9bc2de50c519d33c3d4952030b38f85b36b42a4cddedcd2990e"
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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 HB 1873 (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. **CHAP0003** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0003)
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2. **HB1873ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1873ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101321D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1873)
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## Votes
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
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- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
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- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101321D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1873)
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- **2021-01-14** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-18** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-18** Engrossment reconsidered by House
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- **2021-01-18** Engrossed by House
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- **2021-01-19** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-19** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-11** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1873ER)
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- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
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- **2021-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
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- **2021-02-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 3 (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/c6fe6c65-b796-4754-999d-27e8af5e0d0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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