---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire protection; expands definition of fire company."
description: "Fire protection; expands definition of fire company."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1765"
citation: "Virginia HB 1765 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5332babf-6806-408c-aa90-899785260e84"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1765"
source_hash: "4fcfa1b4bb15fea16fceea6637f5fdab00f93c3f263657c645ab846e92b13efd"
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 1765 (2023) — Fire protection; expands definition of fire company.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0237** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0237)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106218D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1765H1)
3. **HB1765ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1765ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101433D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1765)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101433D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1765)
- **2023-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23106218D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106218D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1765H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1765H1)
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1765ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1765ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** 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 237 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0237)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5332babf-6806-408c-aa90-899785260e84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).