---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elected and certain appointed officers; procedure for removal by courts."
description: "Elected and certain appointed officers; procedure for removal by courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2289"
citation: "Virginia HB 2289 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf3d6399-e3ea-4a21-935a-641d20ca96f8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2289"
source_hash: "1c896b02afd63c3268e322070a84f11aa12d86f040cbf8b8446af840eb4cc0e4"
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 2289 (2023) — Elected and certain appointed officers; procedure for removal by courts.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0663** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0663)
2. **HB2289ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2289ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104324D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2289)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23104324D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2289E)

## Votes

- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104324D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2289)
- **2023-01-30** Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB2289E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23104324D-E
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB2289E)
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (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** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-17** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2289ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2289ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 663 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf3d6399-e3ea-4a21-935a-641d20ca96f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).