---
type: "Bill"
title: "Railroad companies; notice of certain action."
description: "Railroad companies; notice of certain action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1018"
citation: "Virginia SB 1018 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-07"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98c7e8b0-5454-439a-b4bf-77894017220f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1018"
source_hash: "3c40147069834a810dc97a1444e12bd2ccee4ed2680e557d51e53474441637af"
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 1018 (2023) — Railroad companies; notice of certain action.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0318** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0318)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105182D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1018S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102961D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1018)
4. **SB1018ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1018ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102961D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute printed 23105182D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1018S1)
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105182D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1018S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1018ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1018ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 318 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0318)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98c7e8b0-5454-439a-b4bf-77894017220f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).