---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment compensation; venue for prosecution of certain criminal cases."
description: "Unemployment compensation; venue for prosecution of certain criminal cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1123"
citation: "Virginia SB 1123 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5feab23-eab6-4aeb-8c4d-dd9780a656b3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1123"
source_hash: "6e89aaaf1fd4d29b7be9af5db0e1bee325fd151f8e6f64ac5fb0afc154bded38"
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 1123 (2023) — Unemployment compensation; venue for prosecution of certain criminal cases.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0083** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0083)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101269D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1123)
3. **SB1123ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1123ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101269D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB1123)
- **2023-01-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-20** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-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 Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-02-14** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1123ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1123ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `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`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 83 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0083)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5feab23-eab6-4aeb-8c4d-dd9780a656b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).