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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elected and certain appointed officers; procedure for removal by courts."
+description: "Elected and certain appointed officers; procedure for removal by courts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 1431"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1431 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Surovell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eb3d8e5-3f5c-4bdc-9d6e-52e42aab122c"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1431"
+source_hash: "23e30f582f4d5cf6c87493d3a1cbca2ec5025e780473c74fde5e573d2062579e"
+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 1431 (2023) — Elected and certain appointed officers; procedure for removal by courts.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0664** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0664)
+2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100264D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1431)
+3. **Printed as engrossed 23100264D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1431E)
+4. **SB1431ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1431ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-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 23100264D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-20** Assigned to P&E sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1431)
+- **2023-01-27** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-01-27** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-01-31** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-03** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2023-02-03** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-03** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2023-02-03** Amendments by Senator Surovell agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1431E
+- **2023-02-03** Printed as engrossed 23100264D-E
+- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-03** Passed by for the day
+- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB1431E)
+- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
+- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-17** Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-22** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
+- **2023-02-22** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1431ER) `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1431ER)
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 664 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8eb3d8e5-3f5c-4bdc-9d6e-52e42aab122c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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