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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Protective orders; extensions and continuances, other monetary relief, penalty."
+description: "Protective orders; extensions and continuances, other monetary relief, penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1897"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1897 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ee53b01-4126-4bf1-b0ec-cc6da62fc7c8"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1897"
+source_hash: "42ed7037bed69d7400cadaf825968e543e6470cf633df18e0f4bda076f65fd8a"
+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 1897 (2023) — Protective orders; extensions and continuances, other monetary relief, penalty.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0620** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0620)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 23105894D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1897H1)
+3. **HB1897ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1897ER)
+4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103914D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1897)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Judiciary (15-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
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-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 23103914D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-13** Impact statement from VCSC (HB1897)
+- **2023-01-24** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
+- **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 23105894D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from VCSC (HB1897H1)
+- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105894D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1897H1)
+- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1897H1 `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** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1897ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1897ER)
+- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 620 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0620)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ee53b01-4126-4bf1-b0ec-cc6da62fc7c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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