---
type: "Bill"
title: "Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; repeals sunset provision."
description: "Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; repeals sunset provision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1591"
citation: "Virginia HB 1591 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/694ffff8-ad6e-45df-a944-af503bd19d5a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1591"
source_hash: "03e05a9976d37de01dd12e5fc062a5a8b8843fc2f10a07e74ed3c5de3d52a224"
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 1591 (2023) — Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; repeals sunset provision.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0046** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0046)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105800D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1591H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106745D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1591S1)
4. **HB1591ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1591ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100957D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1591)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100957D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB1591)
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23105800D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1591H1)
- **2023-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 23105800D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1591H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106745D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute agreed to 23106745D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1591S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1591S1)
- **2023-02-17** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106745D-S1 (93-Y 5-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 5-N)
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1591ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1591ER)
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 46 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/694ffff8-ad6e-45df-a944-af503bd19d5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).