---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flood plain management; state agency compliance with regulations."
description: "Flood plain management; state agency compliance with regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1392"
citation: "Virginia SB 1392 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ef7fb3b-00e0-4bb8-b9cb-9f4461307748"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1392"
source_hash: "bacb28ea727ae5157c11a9605e646fff1270ee6288f7bbddb57c75e6a7538814"
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 1392 (2023) — Flood plain management; state agency compliance with regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0762** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0762)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106044D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1392S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103943D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1392)
4. **SB1392ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1392ER)
5. **SB1392ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1392ER2)

## Votes

- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Adoption (93-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103943D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB1392)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23106044D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23106044D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1392S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1392S1)
- **2023-02-08** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-13** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1392ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1392ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** 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`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (93-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Block Vote Adoption (93-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB1392ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 762 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0762)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ef7fb3b-00e0-4bb8-b9cb-9f4461307748`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).