---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Self-Service Storage Act; default by occupant, watercraft."
description: "Virginia Self-Service Storage Act; default by occupant, watercraft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 976"
citation: "Virginia SB 976 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peake"]
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/bfc3dab4-4666-418e-b484-6cc301007737"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB976"
source_hash: "1482d1e0357ac44a2fd058ed6501c1e87bd8b40dc4fda2dd3b9e16febdd81aeb"
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 976 (2023) — Virginia Self-Service Storage Act; default by occupant, watercraft.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0181** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0181)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101965D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB976)
3. **SB976ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB976ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 0-N 2-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peake — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101965D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `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 (36-Y 0-N 2-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB976ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** 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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0181)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfc3dab4-4666-418e-b484-6cc301007737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).