---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual harassment; nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement."
description: "Sexual harassment; nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1895"
citation: "Virginia HB 1895 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Filler-Corn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8da17ff8-43b2-481a-960f-d13f50e32090"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1895"
source_hash: "57a519a3440b4ef2fd344c17b529256a98a1e7a437679e7c8446e8a611fe1808"
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 1895 (2023) — Sexual harassment; nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0511** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0511)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106173D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1895H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106730D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1895S1)
4. **HB1895ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1895ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103054D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1895)

## Votes

- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Referred from Commerce and Energy — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (33-Y 7-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Filler-Corn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103054D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1895)
- **2023-01-31** Referred from Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute printed 23106173D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106173D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1895H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106730D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1895H1)
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1895S1)
- **2023-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106730D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1895S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-20** Senate substitute rejected by House 23106730D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N)
- **2023-02-21** Senate insisted on substitute (33-Y 7-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Filler-Corn, Byron, Head
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Saslaw, Deeds, Obenshain
- **2023-02-25** Amended by conference committee
- **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 (94-Y 1-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 1-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1895ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1895ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 511 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0511)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8da17ff8-43b2-481a-960f-d13f50e32090`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).