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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal records; expungement and sealing of records."
+description: "Criminal records; expungement and sealing of records."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 1402"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1402 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Surovell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca16a5a1-5567-4411-bc56-09a5ca336f8c"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1402"
+source_hash: "a666bcdc3f415ca7c0bba44cb780f88a196cbf478451f3f131d10709b6335743"
+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 1402 (2023) — Criminal records; expungement and sealing of records.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0555** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0555)
+2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102885D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1402)
+3. **Printed as engrossed 23102885D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1402E)
+4. **SB1402ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1402ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Surovell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102885D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB1402)
+- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-01** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2023-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1402E
+- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23102885D-E
+- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1402E)
+- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
+- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-10** 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 (SB1402ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1402ER)
+- **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`
+- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca16a5a1-5567-4411-bc56-09a5ca336f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+