---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center; establishing at Old Dominion University."
description: "Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center; establishing at Old Dominion University."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1840"
citation: "Virginia HB 1840 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 55
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0804283d-4796-4371-a8f2-ca76bc490a36"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1840"
source_hash: "288b4334f23d754698d06f6a5ad7ca3ccfbc86f8064f0948d9e1d324bc8aa5d5"
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 1840 (2023) — Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center; establishing at Old Dominion University.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0778** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0778)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106530D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1840S1)
3. **Governor's substitute printed 23107733D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1840H1)
4. **HB1840ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1840ER)
5. **HB1840ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1840ER2)
6. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100382D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1840)

## Votes

- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100382D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1840)
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute printed 23106530D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1840S1)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (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** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23106530D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1840S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute rejected by House 23106530D-S1 (0-Y 96-N)
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N)
- **2023-02-23** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Knight, Morefield, Carr
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Lucas, Locke, Cosgrove
- **2023-02-25** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1840ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1840ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107733D-H1
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB1840ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 778 (effective - see bill) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0778)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0804283d-4796-4371-a8f2-ca76bc490a36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).