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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Social Work, Board of; expands powers and duties."
+description: "Social Work, Board of; expands powers and duties."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 2231"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2231 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sickles"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/934f83d5-80bf-4e51-82b7-40b54a772d78"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2231"
+source_hash: "0616e8807b11b67eb944d58149feb88152f846be135e79d48f80b76f424b172f"
+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 2231 (2023) — Social Work, Board of; expands powers and duties.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0489** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0489)
+2. **HB2231ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2231ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102964D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2231)
+4. **Printed as engrossed 23102964D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2231E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sickles — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102964D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-17** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2231)
+- **2023-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-20** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-01-20** Engrossed by House as amended HB2231E
+- **2023-01-20** Printed as engrossed 23102964D-E
+- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2231E)
+- **2023-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-01-23** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2023-01-24** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-10** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2231ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2231ER)
+- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
+- **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`
+- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 489 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/934f83d5-80bf-4e51-82b7-40b54a772d78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+