---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans; Commissioner of Dept. of Veterans Services to study strategic plan making VA. the best."
description: "Veterans; Commissioner of Dept. of Veterans Services to study strategic plan making VA. the best."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1759"
citation: "Virginia HB 1759 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reid"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0f43ce9-8ed2-4213-8c0a-1280c329da89"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1759"
source_hash: "635f921364203e8b144187bc70a898efc80e11955c2311b658f96b9e384739f8"
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 1759 (2023) — Veterans; Commissioner of Dept. of Veterans Services to study strategic plan making VA. the best.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0407** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0407)
2. **HB1759ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1759ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100317D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1759)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23100317D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1759E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reid — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100317D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1759)
- **2023-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB1759E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23100317D-E
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1759E)
- **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 Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) `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 (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1759ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1759ER)
- **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 407 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0f43ce9-8ed2-4213-8c0a-1280c329da89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).