---
type: "Bill"
title: "Passing stopped school buses; purpose of stop, prima facie evidence."
description: "Passing stopped school buses; purpose of stop, prima facie evidence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1723"
citation: "Virginia HB 1723 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0bd5d3a-ba40-455f-b30c-6076f348ace6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1723"
source_hash: "2f9ca08890a94164308db9a4427b0606ee7aa834d00c535e863a796fcc17d747"
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 1723 (2023) — Passing stopped school buses; purpose of stop, prima facie evidence.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0382** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0382)
2. **HB1723ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1723ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102405D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1723)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (18-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simonds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102405D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1723)
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2023-01-26** Reported from Transportation (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-02-01** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1723ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1723ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 382 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0382)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0bd5d3a-ba40-455f-b30c-6076f348ace6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).