---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alexandria, City of; operation of local health department."
description: "Alexandria, City of; operation of local health department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1344"
citation: "Virginia SB 1344 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/467c10e0-c6a3-40e0-9be5-57e59bc72012"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1344"
source_hash: "9fbd7d3701f660b7c2993befeaca6fe9dbceb873403366637a410bb0604b070a"
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 1344 (2023) — Alexandria, City of; operation of local health department.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0578** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0578)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104580D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1344S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102817D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1344)
4. **SB1344ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1344ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102817D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB1344)
- **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 23104580D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute agreed to 23104580D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1344S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB1344S1)
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-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 (97-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1344ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1344ER)
- **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 578 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/467c10e0-c6a3-40e0-9be5-57e59bc72012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).