---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission; surety bonds for membership."
description: "Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission; surety bonds for membership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2371"
citation: "Virginia HB 2371 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett-Parker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-15"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6932f46-3e2f-4a15-bc20-e01f93bbc532"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2371"
source_hash: "e1a08114a84339c43564b217bdcda5d18d5694575fe197b824306b7b5bd8c35e"
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 2371 (2023) — Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission; surety bonds for membership.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0207** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0207)
2. **HB2371ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2371ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104247D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2371)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bennett-Parker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 23104247D `introduction`
- **2023-01-15** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2371ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** 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 207 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0207)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6932f46-3e2f-4a15-bc20-e01f93bbc532`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).