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type: "Bill"
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title: "Individuals receiving services in a hospital, training center, etc.; right to send and receive mail."
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description: "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 SB 580."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1304"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1304 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-15"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ce2f80f-7e65-4118-a724-5009ddd7c371"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1304"
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source_hash: "4ce0ecd3653be5e6756e5f44cf736c3913caa60f68a80f7b14f511b2f4dfed49"
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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 1304 (2026) — Individuals receiving services in a hospital, training center, etc.; right to send and receive mail.
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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 SB 580.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1089281.PDF)
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2. **Behavioral Health Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143260.HTML)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217274.PDF)
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4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145746.PDF)
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5. **Health and Human Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143263.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209104.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Waive Reading (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 26101843D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-15** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1304)
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- **2026-01-27** House committee offered
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- **2026-01-30** Assigned sub: Behavioral Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1304)
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Motion to rerefer to Finance and Appropriations agreed to
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- **2026-03-02** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1304ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1304)
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- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 289 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0289)
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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/5ce2f80f-7e65-4118-a724-5009ddd7c371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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