---
type: "Bill"
title: "Social Work, Board of; expands powers and duties."
description: "Social Work, Board of; expands powers and duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2231"
citation: "Virginia HB 2231 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sickles"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/934f83d5-80bf-4e51-82b7-40b54a772d78"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2231"
source_hash: "0616e8807b11b67eb944d58149feb88152f846be135e79d48f80b76f424b172f"
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 2231 (2023) — Social Work, Board of; expands powers and duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0489** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0489)
2. **HB2231ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2231ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102964D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2231)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23102964D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2231E)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sickles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102964D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2231)
- **2023-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-20** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-20** Engrossed by House as amended HB2231E
- **2023-01-20** Printed as engrossed 23102964D-E
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2231E)
- **2023-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-23** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-24** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2231ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2231ER)
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** 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`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 489 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/934f83d5-80bf-4e51-82b7-40b54a772d78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).