---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workforce development; consolidation of policies and programs, etc."
description: "Workforce development; consolidation of policies and programs, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2195"
citation: "Virginia HB 2195 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab9b57aa-fe11-4a8c-945a-05e3c77f0232"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2195"
source_hash: "5b278fdc178d3333a0578b1305824052887dd5b8f9a973e46c1409d341e9c45b"
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 2195 (2023) — Workforce development; consolidation of policies and programs, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0624** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0624)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105424D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2195H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23105937D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2195H2)
4. **Committee substitute printed 23106804D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2195S1)
5. **Committee substitute printed 23107114D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2195S2)
6. **HB2195ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2195ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 2-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101396D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2195)
- **2023-01-26** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute printed 23105424D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23105937D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee on Commerce and Energy substitute rejected 23105424D-H1
- **2023-02-06** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 23105937D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2195H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB2195H2)
- **2023-02-15** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute printed 23106804D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute printed 23107114D-S2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB2195S2)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** General Laws and Technology Committee substitute rejected 23106804D-S1
- **2023-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-21** Finance and Appropriations Committee substitute agreed to 23107114D-S2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2195S2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23107114D-S2 (96-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 1-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2195ER) `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB2195ER)
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 624 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0624)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab9b57aa-fe11-4a8c-945a-05e3c77f0232`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).