Virginia 2023, 1st Special Session Status: Enacted

SB 970 — Mental health conditions & impairment; health regulatory board w/in DHP to amend its applications.

Last action — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 06, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Glenn Youngkin (Republican) on March 16, 2023.

Prognosis

Advancing 36% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • Failed a recorded vote

    Failed 7 recorded votes so far — a real headwind.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)

  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 19 (effective 3/16/23)

  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023

  4. Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023

  5. Signed by President

  6. Signed by Speaker

  7. Impact statement from DPB (SB970ER)

  8. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB970ER)

  9. Enrolled

  10. House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)

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

  12. Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

  13. Engrossed by House as amended

  14. Committee amendments agreed to

  15. Read third time

  16. Read second time

  17. Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)

  18. House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

  19. Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

  20. Read first time

  21. Placed on Calendar

  22. Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

  23. Read second time and engrossed

  24. Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)

  25. Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)

  26. Assigned Education sub: Health Professions

  27. Rereferred to Education and Health

  28. Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)

  29. Impact statement from DPB (SB970)

  30. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

  31. Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/23 23102876D

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 148 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (148)

148 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 148 →

"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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Subjects

healthcare health-insurance
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What is the current status of SB 970?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 06, 2023. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 970?
Track SB 970 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on SB 970

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of SB 970

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →