---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Ombudsman, Office of the; removes Children's Advocacy Fund."
description: "Children's Ombudsman, Office of the; removes Children's Advocacy Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1081"
citation: "Virginia SB 1081 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a105663-9d4e-4240-8cf5-3420bfc76ba4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1081"
source_hash: "b126aed7a851ac20616860a55d652a5c8b589094f8fc80a67d5fc94f03e09cf3"
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 1081 (2023) — Children's Ombudsman, Office of the; removes Children's Advocacy Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0750** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0750)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105506D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1081S1)
3. **Governor's substitute printed 23107705D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1081S2)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102935D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1081)
5. **SB1081ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1081ER)
6. **SB1081ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1081ER2)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102935D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1081)
- **2023-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23105506D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1081S1)
- **2023-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23105506D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1081S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #5 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-14** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1081ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1081ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** 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** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107705D-S2
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (93-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB1081ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 750 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0750)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a105663-9d4e-4240-8cf5-3420bfc76ba4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).