---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restaurants; clarifies definition."
description: "Restaurants; clarifies definition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1546"
citation: "Virginia SB 1546 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ebbin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09c5c029-f368-4182-96d1-8d214dd53977"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1546"
source_hash: "f33b52bb56546ce4d8b3fbedf8cbbbb9539cfc48e789999056846131faa6f970"
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 1546 (2023) — Restaurants; clarifies definition.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0342** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0342)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105992D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1546S1)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23105055D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1546)
4. **SB1546ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1546ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ebbin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Unanimous consent to introduce `introduction`
- **2023-01-26** Presented and ordered printed 23105055D `introduction`
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB1546)
- **2023-01-31** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23105992D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Emergency clause added
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1546S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1546S1)
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1546ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1546ER)
- **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 342 (effective 3/23/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0342)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09c5c029-f368-4182-96d1-8d214dd53977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).