---
type: "Bill"
title: "DPOR, et al.; disclosure of certain information."
description: "DPOR, et al.; disclosure of certain information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1638"
citation: "Virginia HB 1638 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-08"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6f6ea85-dbb3-4d8f-9277-9a3d39e3c1d4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1638"
source_hash: "8e8845949f00ad552b246821f545958da06c5fb5c8643c0bc9ebb2cf4d2ed1ce"
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 1638 (2023) — DPOR, et al.; disclosure of certain information.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0249** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0249)
2. **HB1638ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1638ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100980D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1638)

## Votes

- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100980D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1638)
- **2023-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health (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`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1638ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1638ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** 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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 249 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0249)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6f6ea85-dbb3-4d8f-9277-9a3d39e3c1d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).