---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restrictive covenants; limits use of property in Loudoun County for recreational purposes."
description: "Restrictive covenants; limits use of property in Loudoun County for recreational purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1014"
citation: "Virginia SB 1014 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62f67373-d481-4f19-8f60-d7d87cf7b0b2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1014"
source_hash: "5f80b8221df927d7b4112b2c1042a35e5f63c3fe98d97c34a268365afa4bc85a"
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 SB 1014 (2023) — Restrictive covenants; limits use of property in Loudoun County for recreational purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0642** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0642)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105116D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1014S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102552D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1014)
4. **SB1014ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1014ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with substitute (13-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (71-Y 27-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102552D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Local Government with substitute (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23105116D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 23105116D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1014S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-10** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-16** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House (71-Y 27-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Passage (71-Y 27-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1014ER) `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`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 642 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0642)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62f67373-d481-4f19-8f60-d7d87cf7b0b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).