---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire service needs; sustainability of funding, and alternative funding models."
description: "Fire service needs; sustainability of funding, and alternative funding models."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2175"
citation: "Virginia HB 2175 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sickles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68460389-4d4f-404b-9566-ed0892f4ca93"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2175"
source_hash: "6df3c9ea5e4ac32c245471be59d8d1130470ff21c850aa17c7cb9688b62624a5"
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 2175 (2023) — Fire service needs; sustainability of funding, and alternative funding models.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0199** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0199)
2. **HB2175ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2175ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104174D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2175)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sickles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104174D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** 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)
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB2175)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `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 and engrossed `reading-2`
- **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 (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2175ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB2175ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 199 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0199)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68460389-4d4f-404b-9566-ed0892f4ca93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).