---
type: "Bill"
title: "Catalytic converters; unlawful possession, purchase, or sale, penalty."
description: "Catalytic converters; unlawful possession, purchase, or sale, penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1135"
citation: "Virginia SB 1135 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McDougle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4cff6b0-3a78-4662-ac72-cf84a66f6fd9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1135"
source_hash: "8e8dc8331bda7e7cd0857e3dde9a1cbb225a516d60bc13b47952622587f7c762"
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 1135 (2023) — Catalytic converters; unlawful possession, purchase, or sale, penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0091** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0091)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104418D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1135S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102054D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1135)
4. **SB1135ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1135ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- McDougle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102054D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1135)
- **2023-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB1135)
- **2023-01-23** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Incorporates SB1117 (Stanley)
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute printed 23104418D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1135S1)
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 23104418D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1135S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB1135S1)
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (39-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 for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House (75-Y 24-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1135ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1135ER)
- **2023-02-24** 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`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 91 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0091)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4cff6b0-3a78-4662-ac72-cf84a66f6fd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).