---
type: "Bill"
title: "Comprehensive plan; encouraged to consider strategies to address resilience."
description: "Comprehensive plan; encouraged to consider strategies to address resilience."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1634"
citation: "Virginia HB 1634 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bulova"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-07"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74538b1e-20bb-4e89-91d9-0a36afb86dbc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1634"
source_hash: "3fb4f2bf73ac09519c9bbe1a98060e8f78cd85dd11655951fd2e740162b8e04a"
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 1634 (2023) — Comprehensive plan; encouraged to consider strategies to address resilience.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0353** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0353)
2. **HB1634ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1634ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102420D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1634)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23102420D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1634E)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bulova — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102420D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-07** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1634)
- **2023-01-23** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB1634E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23102420D-E
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1634ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 353 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0353)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74538b1e-20bb-4e89-91d9-0a36afb86dbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).