---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motorcycles; rider safety training courses."
description: "Motorcycles; rider safety training courses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2304"
citation: "Virginia HB 2304 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloxom"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14693442-620c-46bb-afc9-6f7dbd8a0bba"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2304"
source_hash: "294c9c6b1fc007e6e86867747ad05e5a6fbe09a866d39092be62c3ffc3890fbc"
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 2304 (2023) — Motorcycles; rider safety training courses.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0361** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0361)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104612D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2304H1)
3. **HB2304EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2304EH1)
4. **HB2304ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2304ER)
5. **Presented and ordered printed 23103662D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2304)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bloxom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 23103662D `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Committee substitute printed 23104612D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Passed by for the day
- **2023-01-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute agreed to 23104612D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Amendments by Delegate Bloxom agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2304EH1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Printed as engrossed 23104612D-EH1
- **2023-01-26** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB2304EH1)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2304ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2304ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 361 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14693442-620c-46bb-afc9-6f7dbd8a0bba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).