---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement officers, retired state; retention of badge."
description: "Law-enforcement officers, retired state; retention of badge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1459"
citation: "Virginia HB 1459 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b6f377f-1d99-4c18-8fa5-390583cd49ca"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1459"
source_hash: "148ddf9999b192a3c0c42c9cadca5524bcdb4cb655955dfd60fc32b333e01d0c"
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 HB 1459 (2023) — Law-enforcement officers, retired state; retention of badge.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0026)
2. **HB1459ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1459ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100621D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1459)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (90-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety (20-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100621D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-23** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1459)
- **2023-01-17** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-20** Reported from Public Safety (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Read third time and passed House (90-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26** VOTE: Passage (90-Y 8-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-15** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1459ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1459ER)
- **2023-02-15** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 26 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0026)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b6f377f-1d99-4c18-8fa5-390583cd49ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).