---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parents Advocacy Commission; recommendations for establishing, report."
description: "Parents Advocacy Commission; recommendations for establishing, report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1443"
citation: "Virginia SB 1443 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deeds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/026fad0f-4cc6-4448-ace4-50fedbb31f44"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1443"
source_hash: "7017b75c3630df51f26edae1b7b56bc586a9af0aff444466eac5068db7c3f8e7"
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 1443 (2023) — Parents Advocacy Commission; recommendations for establishing, report.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0730** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0730)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 23103126D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1443)
3. **SB1443ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1443ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deeds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 23103126D `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB1443)
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1443ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1443ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 730 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0730)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/026fad0f-4cc6-4448-ace4-50fedbb31f44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).