---
type: "Bill"
title: "Liquefied petroleum gas; filling, refilling, or otherwise delivering during qualifying emergency."
description: "Liquefied petroleum gas; filling, refilling, or otherwise delivering during qualifying emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1298"
citation: "Virginia SB 1298 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deeds"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/342fb2c0-a1ed-4a28-b9da-b0c16bc6abc5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1298"
source_hash: "eea248c59ae8a833c93b498e9e89b69b35709f7992d1e0487eaf0df06cedae3e"
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 1298 (2023) — Liquefied petroleum gas; filling, refilling, or otherwise delivering during qualifying emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0531** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0531)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105123D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1298S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100116D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1298)
4. **SB1298ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1298ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Rereferred from Judiciary (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deeds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100116D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Rereferred from Judiciary (10-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Rereferred to Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute printed 23105123D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 23105123D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1298S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB1298S1)
- **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`
- **2023-02-13** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House (97-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1298ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1298ER)
- **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 531 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/342fb2c0-a1ed-4a28-b9da-b0c16bc6abc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).