---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire marshals; police powers, training requirements."
description: "Fire marshals; police powers, training requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1993"
citation: "Virginia HB 1993 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krizek"]
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/032b9cc6-e5d0-4193-a7c1-ab85fafb7bd5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1993"
source_hash: "b33e87facb3bc1d2e249e208b177829621960286bdc7b0bb514715a688944b04"
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 1993 (2023) — Fire marshals; police powers, training requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0215** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0215)
2. **HB1993ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1993ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101309D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1993)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23101309D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1993E)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Krizek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101309D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB1993)
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB1993E
- **2023-02-01** Printed as engrossed 23101309D-E
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1993E)
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1993ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1993ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** 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 215 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/032b9cc6-e5d0-4193-a7c1-ab85fafb7bd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).