---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death investigations; individuals receiving services in a state hospital or training center."
description: "Death investigations; individuals receiving services in a state hospital or training center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1232"
citation: "Virginia SB 1232 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnavant"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3b8b9bd-504d-4047-8c84-4b1e5ea2b808"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1232"
source_hash: "e33ee65d9f0d166b647b16a7dd646481a54366eef8ebce73cb70f02c324f18e5"
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 1232 (2023) — Death investigations; individuals receiving services in a state hospital or training center.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0566** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0566)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104712D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1232S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101951D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1232)
4. **SB1232ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1232ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dunnavant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101951D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Committee substitute printed 23104712D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB1232)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB1232S1)
- **2023-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 23104712D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1232S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (40-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 Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1232ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1232ER)
- **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 566 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0566)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3b8b9bd-504d-4047-8c84-4b1e5ea2b808`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).