Virginia 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 2216 — Va. Missing Child w/ Autism Alert Program; renamed Va. Missing Person w/ Autism Program.

Last action — Approved by Governor-Chapter 189 (effective 7/1/21)

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    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2021. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 31 sponsors

    1 primary, 30 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Virginia Missing Person with Autism Alert Program.Renames the Virginia Missing Child with Autism Alert Program to theVirginia Missing Person with Autism Alert Program and expands itto apply to any missing person with autism, regardless of age. Thebill defines "a missing person with autism" as any person (i) whosewhereabouts are unknown; (ii) who has been diagnosed with autismspectrum disorder as defined by the Code of Virginia; and (iii) whosedisappearance poses a credible threat to the safety and health of the person.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

5 added · 4 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill has been updated to include a new chapter specifically outlining the Child Person with Autism Alert Agreements, which help locate missing children with autism. This change clarifies the bill's focus and importance, ensuring that there's a structured process in place to assist in these critical situations. By formally establishing this chapter, it emphasizes the state’s commitment to the safety and support of children with autism.

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SPECIAL SESSION I history | hilite | pdf | print version VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend and reenact §§ 52-34.13, 52-34.14, and 52-34.15 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Missing Person with Autism Alert Program.
SPECIAL SESSION I history | hilite | pdf | print version CHAPTER 189 An Act to amend and reenact §§ 52-34.13, 52-34.14, and 52-34.15 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Missing Person with Autism Alert Program.
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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor-Chapter 189 (effective 7/1/21)

  2. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021

  3. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021

  4. Signed by President

  5. Signed by Speaker

  6. Impact statement from DPB (HB2216ER)

  7. Enrolled

  8. Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

  9. Read third time

  10. Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)

  11. Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)

  12. Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)

  13. Referred to Committee on Transportation

  14. Constitutional reading dispensed

  15. VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)

  16. Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

  17. Read second time and engrossed

  18. Read first time

  19. Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)

  20. Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)

  21. Assigned PS sub: Public Safety

  22. Impact statement from DPB (HB2216)

  23. Referred to Committee on Public Safety

  24. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100556D

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 30 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (30)

Not signed on (117)

117 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 39000
Total 39000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Morrissey, Joseph D. — Yea
Spruill, Lionell, Sr. — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Yea
Barker, George L. — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Yea
Kiggans, Jennifer A. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 39000
Total 39000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Morrissey, Joseph D. — Yea
Spruill, Lionell, Sr. — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Yea
Barker, George L. — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Yea
Kiggans, Jennifer A. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Spruill, Lionell, Sr. — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Spruill, Lionell, Sr. — Yea
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 98001
Total 98001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
Adams, Dawn M. — Yea
Adams, Les R. — Yea
Aird, Lashrecse D. — Yea
Alfonso H. Lopez — Yea
Angelia Williams Graves — Yea
Askew, Alex Q. — Yea
Avoli, G. "John" — Yea
Ayala, Hala S. — Yea
Batten, Amanda E. — Yea
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Betsy B. Carr — Yea
Bill Wiley — Yea
Bourne, Jeffrey M. — Yea
Bulova, David L. — Yea
Byron, Kathy J. — Yea
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Yea
Campbell, Jeffrey L. — Yea
Campbell, Ronnie R. — Yea
Carter, Lee J. — Yea
Charniele L. Herring — Yea
Chris S. Runion — Yea
Christopher T. Head — Yea
Cole, Mark L. — Yea
Convirs-Fowler, Kelly K. — Yea
Cox, M. Kirkland — Yea
Coyner, Carrie E. — Yea
Dan I. Helmer — Yea
Danica A. Roem — Yea
David A. Reid — Yea
Davis, Glenn R. — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Yea
Don Scott — Yea
Edmunds, James E., II — Not Voting
Emily M. Jordan — Yea
Fariss, C. Matthew — Yea
Fowler, Hyland F."Buddy," Jr. — Yea
Freitas, Nicholas J. — Yea
Gilbert, C. Todd — Yea
Gooditis, Wendy W. — Yea
Guy, Nancy D. — Yea
Guzman, Elizabeth R. — Yea
Heretick, Steve E. — Yea
Hudson, Sally L. — Yea
Hurst, Chris L. — Yea
Israel D. O'Quinn — Yea
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
James W. Morefield — Yea
Jeion A. Ward — Yea
Jenkins, Clinton L. — Yea
Jones, Jerrauld C. "Jay" — Yea
Joseph P. McNamara — Yea
Joshua G. Cole — Yea
Karrie K. Delaney — Yea
Kathy K.L. Tran — Yea
Keam, Mark L. — Yea
Knight, Barry D. — Yea
Kory, Kaye — Yea
LaRock, Dave A. — Yea
Lamont Bagby — Yea
Levine, Mark H. — Yea
Luke E. Torian — Yea
M. Keith Hodges — Yea
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Yea
Marcus B. Simon — Yea
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Yea
McGuire, John J., III — Yea
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Miyares, Jason S. — Yea
Mugler, Martha M. — Yea
Mullin, Michael P. — Yea
Mundon King, Candi — Yea
Murphy, Kathleen — Yea
Orrock, Robert D., Sr. — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Yea
Paul E. Krizek — Yea
Plum, Kenneth R. — Yea
Poindexter, Charles D. — Yea
R. Lee Ware — Yea
Ransone, Margaret B. — Yea
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Yea
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Yea
Robinson, Roxann L. — Yea
Rodney T. Willett — Yea
Rush, Nick — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Samirah, Ibraheem S. — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Yea
Scott A. Wyatt — Yea
Shelly A. Simonds — Yea
Sickles, Mark D. — Yea
Subramanyam, Suhas — Yea
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Terry L. Austin — Yea
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea
Tyler, Roslyn C. — Yea
Vivian E. Watts — Yea
Wampler, William C., III — Yea
Wendell S. Walker — Yea

Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)

Passed 22 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 22000
Total 22000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Alfonso H. Lopez — Yea
Angelia Williams Graves — Yea
Batten, Amanda E. — Yea
Bourne, Jeffrey M. — Yea
Campbell, Ronnie R. — Yea
Coyner, Carrie E. — Yea
Dan I. Helmer — Yea
Davis, Glenn R. — Yea
Fariss, C. Matthew — Yea
Jenkins, Clinton L. — Yea
Joshua G. Cole — Yea
Kory, Kaye — Yea
Levine, Mark H. — Yea
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Yea
Mundon King, Candi — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Yea
Plum, Kenneth R. — Yea
Robinson, Roxann L. — Yea
Rush, Nick — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2216 do?
Virginia Missing Person with Autism Alert Program.Renames the Virginia Missing Child with Autism Alert Program to theVirginia Missing Person with Autism Alert Program and expands itto apply to any missing person with autism, regardless of age. Thebill defines "a missing person with autism" as any person (i) whosewhereabouts are unknown; (ii) who has been diagnosed with autismspectrum disorder as defined by the Code of Virginia; and (iii) whosedisappearance poses a credible threat to the safety and health of the person.
Who sponsors HB 2216?
HB 2216 is sponsored by C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr., Betsy B. Carr, Joshua G. Cole, Dan I. Helmer, Patrick A. Hope, Kimberly Pope Adams, Candi Mundon King, Levine, Mark H., Keam, Mark L., Jenkins, Clinton L., Hurst, Chris L., Hudson, Sally L., Cole, Mark L., Bell, Robert B., Ayala, Hala S., Avoli, G. "John", Aird, Lashrecse D., Marcia S. "Cia" Price, Sam Rasoul, Don Scott, Marcus B. Simon, Shelly A. Simonds, Luke E. Torian, Vivian E. Watts, Angelia Williams Graves, Bryce E. Reeves, Lionell Spruill, Sr., William M. Stanley, Jr., Samirah, Ibraheem S., Murphy, Kathleen, and Mugler, Martha M..
What is the current status of HB 2216?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2021. Enacted.
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