---
type: "Bill"
title: "Temp. detention in hospital; testing, etc., mental/physical condition resulting from intoxication."
description: "Temp. detention in hospital; testing, etc., mental/physical condition resulting from intoxication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1792"
citation: "Virginia HB 1792 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ransone"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59c91c53-8f74-4a3c-9b6a-e30feb2523f5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1792"
source_hash: "1cc7f717b8a136027473c544b5b5a6bc83fbe225efa18524c76e63cd2faecc71"
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 1792 (2023) — Temp. detention in hospital; testing, etc., mental/physical condition resulting from intoxication.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0174** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0174)
2. **HB1792ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1792ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101887D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1792)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23101887D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1792E)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-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
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ransone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101887D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1792)
- **2023-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB1792E
- **2023-02-01** Printed as engrossed 23101887D-E
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1792E)
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1792ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1792ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 174 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0174)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59c91c53-8f74-4a3c-9b6a-e30feb2523f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).