---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student literacy measures; scope, students in grades four through eight."
description: "Student literacy measures; scope, students in grades four through eight."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1175"
citation: "Virginia SB 1175 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lucas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7a15de2-f2ad-4b58-8767-bddc48d19e34"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1175"
source_hash: "f37a748cc729bbdb8d40a5cdc9fac896ab357425e1e092bf83f7729486679ea4"
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 1175 (2023) — Student literacy measures; scope, students in grades four through eight.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0646** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0646)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106600D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1175H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102882D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1175)
4. **SB1175ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1175ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lucas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102882D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1175)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106600D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB1175H1)
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 23106600D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Amendment by Delegate Coyner agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB1175H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House with substitute with amendment (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage, substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Title replaced 23106600D-H1
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1175ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1175ER)
- **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** Approved by Governor-Chapter 646 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0646)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7a15de2-f2ad-4b58-8767-bddc48d19e34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).