---
type: "Bill"
title: "Farm buildings and structures; building code exemptions."
description: "Farm buildings and structures; building code exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1305"
citation: "Virginia SB 1305 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/358615dd-5a34-4a2c-ad21-a9ee890ef2cc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1305"
source_hash: "827003a7f1eff324014ed1aa414e734ab45fbe4dffac759c6eea4251b61b5172"
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 1305 (2023) — Farm buildings and structures; building code exemptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0644** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0644)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105090D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1305S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102069D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1305)
4. **SB1305ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1305ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hanger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102069D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1305)
- **2023-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23105090D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB1305S1)
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23105090D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1305S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (39-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 General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from General Laws (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 (SB1305ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1305ER)
- **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 644 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0644)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/358615dd-5a34-4a2c-ad21-a9ee890ef2cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).