---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Retirement System; creditable service and contributions, extended absence."
description: "Judicial Retirement System; creditable service and contributions, extended absence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1449"
citation: "Virginia SB 1449 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obenshain"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a1f16a7-afdf-4e41-9dd5-e4b8bac89560"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1449"
source_hash: "8bae1985f72a6d0e3d11fa398b985440f1aef939265abe38c894a631c000d9bf"
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 1449 (2023) — Judicial Retirement System; creditable service and contributions, extended absence.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0346** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0346)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106724D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1449H1)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104352D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1449)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23104352D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1449E)
5. **SB1449ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1449ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 2-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Obenshain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 23104352D `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from VRS (SB1449)
- **2023-02-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23104352D-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** Emergency clause added
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1449E
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from VRS (SB1449E)
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106724D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from VRS (SB1449H1)
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106724D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1449H1 `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 23106724D-H1
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1449ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from VRS (SB1449ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** 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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 346 (effective 3/23/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a1f16a7-afdf-4e41-9dd5-e4b8bac89560`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).