republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-663.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mandatory outpatient treatment; reorganizes and clarifies provisions governing."
description: "Mandatory outpatient treatment. Reorganizes and clarifies provisions governing mandatory outpatient treatment. The bill also eliminates provisions allowing for a single order for a period of involuntary inpatient treatment followed by a period of mandatory outpatient treatment and instead requires entry of separate orders for involuntary inpatient and mandatory outpatient treatment in all cases. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 663"
citation: "Virginia HB 663 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9b57101-4a9e-4b5d-b99c-d8b472430e7f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB663"
source_hash: "c9532f968c0af9c2bf99c649b294d456c9faec8a4010cf302d3596f2fc754fcd"
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 663 (2022) — Mandatory outpatient treatment; reorganizes and clarifies provisions governing.

Mandatory outpatient treatment. Reorganizes and clarifies provisions governing mandatory outpatient treatment. The bill also eliminates provisions allowing for a single order for a period of involuntary inpatient treatment followed by a period of mandatory outpatient treatment and instead requires entry of separate orders for involuntary inpatient and mandatory outpatient treatment in all cases. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2022.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0763** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0763)
2. **HB663ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB663ER)
3. **HB663ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB663ER2)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103884D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB663)
5. **Printed as engrossed 22103884D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB663E)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103884D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB663)
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-11** Engrossed by House as amended HB663E
- **2022-02-11** Printed as engrossed 22103884D-E
- **2022-02-14** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB663E)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-23** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (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** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-02-28** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB663ER)
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** 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** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB663ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 763 (effective 10/1/22) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9b57101-4a9e-4b5d-b99c-d8b472430e7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).