---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire zones; removes prohibition for creating in Augusta County."
description: "Fire zones; removes prohibition for creating in Augusta County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1818"
citation: "Virginia HB 1818 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Avoli"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3442251-c693-4f08-bf31-84243fa042e3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1818"
source_hash: "52d221e12ae0d6bb82565a1efdce655b94d5c3ba059b06c741ae9e394648336b"
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 1818 (2023) — Fire zones; removes prohibition for creating in Augusta County.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0560** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0560)
2. **HB1818ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1818ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102406D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1818)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Avoli — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102406D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 3-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 (31-Y 9-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1818ER) `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 560 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0560)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3442251-c693-4f08-bf31-84243fa042e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).