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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law, damages."
+description: "Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law, damages."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 1495"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1495 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Surovell"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2023-01-20"
+last_action: "2023-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aa97988-32db-4f11-b982-493281c56593"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1495"
+source_hash: "0709f3daf64773dbbb1999c25bb1ebec4aaca353c52f14c68e85406a943d7a8d"
+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 1495 (2023) — Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law, damages.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0553** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0553)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 23106684D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1495H1)
+3. **Presented and ordered printed 23103576D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1495)
+4. **Printed as engrossed 23103576D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1495E)
+5. **SB1495ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1495ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Rereferred from Local Government (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (10-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Surovell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23103576D `introduction`
+- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-30** Rereferred from Local Government (10-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-30** Rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DHCD (SB1495)
+- **2023-02-06** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-07** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2023-02-07** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-07** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1495E
+- **2023-02-07** Printed as engrossed 23103576D-E
+- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-07** Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) `passage`
+- **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`
+- **2023-02-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
+- **2023-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute printed 23106684D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-23** Committee substitute agreed to 23106684D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1495H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-23** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) `substitution`
+- **2023-02-23** Title replaced 23106684D-H1
+- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1495ER) `passage`
+- **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 553 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0553)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6aa97988-32db-4f11-b982-493281c56593`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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