---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arrests, certain, and convictions of certain individuals; reports to division safety officials."
description: "Arrests, certain, and convictions of certain individuals; reports to division safety officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1704"
citation: "Virginia HB 1704 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f79932e9-6dce-41a9-966c-afee223d419e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1704"
source_hash: "c97a6d23a3e0855822037a4a818116d565133fab9ff62613764d3afada148e60"
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 1704 (2023) — Arrests, certain, and convictions of certain individuals; reports to division safety officials.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0282** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0282)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106552D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1704S1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 23107559D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1704H1)
4. **HB1704ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1704ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100367D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1704)
6. **Printed as engrossed 23100367D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1704E)

## Votes

- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100367D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Assigned Education sub: K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB1704E
- **2023-01-30** Printed as engrossed 23100367D-E
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute printed 23106552D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 23106552D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1704S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1704S1)
- **2023-02-15** Senate substitute rejected by House 23106552D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N)
- **2023-02-17** Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-20** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-21** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-21** Senators: Hashmi, Surovell, Cosgrove
- **2023-02-21** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-21** Delegates: Bell, Wyatt, Maldonado
- **2023-02-25** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-02-25** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-25** Conference substitute printed 23107559D-H1
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1704ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1704ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 282 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0282)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f79932e9-6dce-41a9-966c-afee223d419e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).