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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public defender; supplementing compensation."
+description: "Public defender; supplementing compensation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 2037"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2037 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sewell"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ce3ba71-3d4e-4b45-b023-afefede7a8e8"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2037"
+source_hash: "3d26dbe2440aac28ffcc6f8f3a4ae6ddff1ce8775589a5609a28fd20d1121930"
+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 2037 (2023) — Public defender; supplementing compensation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0467** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0467)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 23105407D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2037H1)
+3. **Committee substitute printed 23106971D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2037S1)
+4. **HB2037ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2037ER)
+5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103073D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2037)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sewell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103073D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **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`
+- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute printed 23105407D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 23105407D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2037H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB2037H1)
+- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-20** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute printed 23106971D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-22** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 23106971D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2037S1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106971D-S1 (96-Y 0-N) `substitution`
+- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB2037S1)
+- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2037ER) `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB2037ER)
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 467 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0467)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ce3ba71-3d4e-4b45-b023-afefede7a8e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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