---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; stop work orders, appeals."
description: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; stop work orders, appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1263"
citation: "Virginia SB 1263 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hackworth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/803ec2ab-171e-4f30-966a-3d7f8a92d5c9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1263"
source_hash: "43e3f3e17523b509235d21333b8be2edb34b7b4045302d629fef4e872bc8e516"
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 1263 (2023) — Uniform Statewide Building Code; stop work orders, appeals.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0448** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0448)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104259D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1263)
3. **SB1263ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1263ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (12-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hackworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104259D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1263)
- **2023-01-25** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-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`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from General Laws (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House (52-Y 47-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1263ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1263ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 448 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0448)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/803ec2ab-171e-4f30-966a-3d7f8a92d5c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).