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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Involuntary admission; release of individual."
description: "Involuntary admission; release of individual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1976"
citation: "Virginia HB 1976 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b9af709-fcda-4c5c-9015-98d540020483"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1976"
source_hash: "7054b2e1a0d982df8f288edf188a74e48b4ac3f278f63129db8c35b548cf3b10"
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 1976 (2023) — Involuntary admission; release of individual.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0168** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0168)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105810D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1976H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23107148D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1976S1)
4. **HB1976ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1976ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104304D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1976)
## Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104304D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1976)
- **2023-01-26** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute printed 23105810D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105810D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1976H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1976H1)
- **2023-02-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute printed 23107148D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1976S1)
- **2023-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23107148D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1976S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute rejected by House 23107148D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
- **2023-02-23** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Bell, Ransone, Watts
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Deeds, McClellan, Stuart
- **2023-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1976ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1976ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 168 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0168)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b9af709-fcda-4c5c-9015-98d540020483`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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