---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; criteria for chief executive officer."
description: "Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; criteria for chief executive officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1499"
citation: "Virginia SB 1499 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McClellan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8825c514-1aee-4a17-9a80-f300d41598df"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1499"
source_hash: "993ab3df711ffd86ed0b28c1233d1efe355bf946bb3253d45a840a6dd28fcff8"
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 1499 (2023) — Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; criteria for chief executive officer.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0734** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0734)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 23104258D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1499)
3. **SB1499ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1499ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- McClellan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23104258D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1499)
- **2023-01-27** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-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** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1499ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1499ER)
- **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** Approved by Governor-Chapter 734 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0734)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8825c514-1aee-4a17-9a80-f300d41598df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).