---
type: "Bill"
title: "Service handgun; purchases by certain officers from Department of State Police."
description: "Service handgun; purchases by certain officers from Department of State Police."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1433"
citation: "Virginia SB 1433 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suetterlein"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea1c270f-84e4-49aa-99d8-340738217495"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1433"
source_hash: "14b8817dbbf3501709755a4dd5ab6588af5a29187f91556095dbf6d63d507148"
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 1433 (2023) — Service handgun; purchases by certain officers from Department of State Police.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0203** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0203)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102723D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1433)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23102723D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1433E)
4. **SB1433ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1433ER)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety (16-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (78-Y 20-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (11-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Suetterlein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102723D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB1433)
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Judiciary with amendment (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1433E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23102723D-E
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1433E)
- **2023-02-08** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-10** Reported from Public Safety (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed House (78-Y 20-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Passage (78-Y 20-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1433ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1433ER)
- **2023-02-21** 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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 203 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0203)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea1c270f-84e4-49aa-99d8-340738217495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).