---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination thereof; data collection."
description: "Driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination thereof; data collection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1398"
citation: "Virginia SB 1398 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Surovell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39d25abb-7d0b-45e1-8010-5f6db506a756"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1398"
source_hash: "05f1e6489cbadee7e33554453fa74407ce4874ff05b2babeb989fc3019937d11"
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 1398 (2023) — Driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination thereof; data collection.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0661** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0661)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106687D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1398H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104303D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1398)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23104303D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1398E)
5. **SB1398ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1398ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Surovell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104303D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB1398)
- **2023-02-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23104303D-E
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1398E
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (40-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 for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB1398E)
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106687D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1398H1)
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106687D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1398H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Title replaced 23106687D-H1
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1398ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1398ER)
- **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 661 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39d25abb-7d0b-45e1-8010-5f6db506a756`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).