---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Business Ready Sites Acquisition Fund and Program; created."
description: "Virginia Business Ready Sites Acquisition Fund and Program; created."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1842"
citation: "Virginia HB 1842 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 52
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a42dba5-a79e-41e4-bc33-6a0f6eb62e9e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1842"
source_hash: "788e0a4b42e8de13a922540f943714fb4bed1ae21a19b11725a7e40ee58b57e9"
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 1842 (2023) — Virginia Business Ready Sites Acquisition Fund and Program; created.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0779** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0779)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104746D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1842H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23107245D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1842S1)
4. **HB1842ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1842ER)
5. **HB1842ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1842ER2)
6. **HB1842S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1842S2)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: (97-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100999D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18** Committee substitute printed 23104746D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute agreed to 23104746D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1842H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** VOTE: (97-Y 3-N)
- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1842H1)
- **2023-02-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute printed 23107245D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1842S1)
- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-23** Floor substitute printed 23107381D-S2 (Barker)
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Finance and Appropriations Committee substitute rejected 23107245D-S1
- **2023-02-23** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-23** Substitute by Senator Barker agreed to 23107381D-S2
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB1842S2
- **2023-02-23** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-23** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23107381D-S2 (89-Y 2-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 2-N)
- **2023-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1842S2)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1842ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1842ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (91-Y 4-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 4-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB1842ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 779 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0779)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a42dba5-a79e-41e4-bc33-6a0f6eb62e9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).