---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission; surety bonds for membership."
description: "Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission; surety bonds for membership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 942"
citation: "Virginia SB 942 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saslaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41093cde-fc22-4fa2-b0af-a27af2950879"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB942"
source_hash: "c00e977eae9c060f1bafabc851906ba32d0f7305b0ddeb3363fb33459e3a36ab"
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 942 (2023) — Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission; surety bonds for membership.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0208** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0208)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103057D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB942)
3. **SB942ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB942ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saslaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103057D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-17** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB942ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 208 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0208)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41093cde-fc22-4fa2-b0af-a27af2950879`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).