---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minors; buying or selling, exceptions, penalties."
description: "Minors; buying or selling, exceptions, penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1699"
citation: "Virginia HB 1699 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cherry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a37e47ce-387e-469a-b15f-9e1ceb77b7b3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1699"
source_hash: "469b0f43bebe34c15144ef6c56e163d1cf61d95f68c627d51275565fa1979780"
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 1699 (2023) — Minors; buying or selling, exceptions, penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0359** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0359)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23107017D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1699S1)
3. **HB1699ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1699ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100309D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1699)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cherry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100309D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Impact statement from VCSC (HB1699)
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB1699)
- **2023-01-31** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute printed 23107017D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from VCSC (HB1699S1)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1699S1)
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23107017D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1699S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23107017D-S1 (95-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 1-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1699ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1699ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 359 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0359)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a37e47ce-387e-469a-b15f-9e1ceb77b7b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).