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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 229: Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention, Advisory Council on; placement of Council.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 229 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention, Advisory Council on; placement of Council. Primary sponsor: Ghazala F. Hashmi. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Rules.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Health Commissioner; work group; recommendations on Advisory Council on Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention. Directs the State Health Commissioner to establish a work group to examine the feasibility of and make recommendations for the placement and infrastructure of an Advisory Council on Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ghazala F. HashmiPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jennifer BoyskoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate38
Russet PerryCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate31

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Rules
  2. Continued to 2025 in Rules (Voice Vote)
  3. Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
  4. Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee
  5. Impact statement from DPB (SB229S1)
  6. Referred to Committee on Rules
  7. Read first time
  8. Placed on Calendar
  9. Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N)
  10. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB229S1
  11. Committee substitute agreed to 24106691D-S1
  12. Reading of substitute waived

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source