---
type: "Bill"
title: "Students with disabilities; DBHDS, best practice standard related to transition of record."
description: "Students with disabilities; DBHDS, best practice standard related to transition of record."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 830"
citation: "Virginia SB 830 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Favola"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-22"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/153f64b4-5559-4228-a2c7-1d0dbcb85bf8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB830"
source_hash: "ca7c622ec701bf731c6a0eeb4a8918e9d76aebc8687fd1b5f5447edaf70c1684"
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 830 (2023) — Students with disabilities; DBHDS, best practice standard related to transition of record.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0270** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0270)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101105D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB830)
3. **SB830ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB830ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Favola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101105D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-22** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB830)
- **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 on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned Education sub: K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB830ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB830ER)
- **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 270 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0270)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/153f64b4-5559-4228-a2c7-1d0dbcb85bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).