---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal history record information; dissemination."
description: "Criminal history record information; dissemination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2313"
citation: "Virginia HB 2313 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Head"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc6178e0-f1d8-48d4-adf6-45425cfecfc2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2313"
source_hash: "a280d93b4c6dd71759427e655aa08d6c8ccf40ad64200c7d87aa39b58a1453aa"
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 2313 (2023) — Criminal history record information; dissemination.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0042** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0042)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105281D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2313H1)
3. **HB2313ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2313ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 23102877D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2313)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Head — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 23102877D `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute printed 23105281D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB2313)
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB2313H1)
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 23105281D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2313H1 `substitution`
- **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** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Rereferred to Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health (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 (HB2313ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2313ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 42 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc6178e0-f1d8-48d4-adf6-45425cfecfc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).