---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials, college credit, etc."
description: "Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials, college credit, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1019"
citation: "Virginia SB 1019 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-07"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4d3e0b2-eb42-4b1c-969a-c405b5cd34bb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1019"
source_hash: "9a4dfc866afeef3252c92a06719dcd56ffc59449319a47fe49e732ebba8b984b"
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 1019 (2023) — Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials, college credit, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0454** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0454)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106083D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1019S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106665D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1019H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103137D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1019)
5. **SB1019ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1019ER)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## 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 23103137D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB1019)
- **2023-02-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23106083D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (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** Committee amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106083D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1019S1 `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 Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB1019S1)
- **2023-02-13** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106665D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB1019H1)
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106665D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1019H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House with substitute (97-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Title replaced 23106665D-S1
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1019ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1019ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 454 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4d3e0b2-eb42-4b1c-969a-c405b5cd34bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).