---
type: "Bill"
title: "'Green Book;' Department of Historic Resources to designate historic sites."
description: "'Green Book;' Department of Historic Resources to designate historic sites."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1968"
citation: "Virginia HB 1968 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2961fc83-01ab-4201-a4d1-b18c1e964c36"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1968"
source_hash: "73ed46dc56f8a3d51e78a68af30917b0f6d40399e7401c9a58662d7620aa760c"
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 1968 (2023) — 'Green Book;' Department of Historic Resources to designate historic sites.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0179** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0179)
2. **HB1968ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1968ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103271D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1968)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23103271D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1968E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103271D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Engrossed by House as amended HB1968E
- **2023-01-23** Printed as engrossed 23103271D-E
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1968E)
- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1968ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1968ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** 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 179 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0179)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2961fc83-01ab-4201-a4d1-b18c1e964c36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).