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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Suffocation by blocking or obstructing the airway of another; penalty."
+description: "Suffocation by blocking or obstructing the airway of another; penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 1156"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1156 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boysko"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-03-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2378e69f-cb65-4e77-a108-702e01263433"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1156"
+source_hash: "38cfd738eec642bdd8d68ac504d5d877077ae223835d5bcbaac31fbd305b710a"
+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 SB 1156 (2023) — Suffocation by blocking or obstructing the airway of another; penalty.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0710** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0710)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 23105372D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1156S1)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101406D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1156)
+4. **SB1156ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1156ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boysko — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101406D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-12** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1156)
+- **2023-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1156)
+- **2023-01-30** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23105372D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2023-01-30** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1156S1)
+- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB1156S1)
+- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105372D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1156S1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
+- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-13** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-16** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1156ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1156ER)
+- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 710 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2378e69f-cb65-4e77-a108-702e01263433`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+