---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal testing facilities; public notifications, definitions."
description: "Animal testing facilities; public notifications, definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2348"
citation: "Virginia HB 2348 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Webert"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 56
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0857df75-62e7-4b6c-b99d-add22807a1b5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2348"
source_hash: "191d8b223d4939acd6d1a1ea4e4929bd1d8b4e8b58ea890e11743dbb41032186"
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 2348 (2023) — Animal testing facilities; public notifications, definitions.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0532** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0532)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105509D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2348H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23107038D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2348S1)
4. **Conference substitute printed 23107565D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2348H2)
5. **HB2348ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2348ER)
6. **Presented and ordered printed 23104075D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2348)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 95-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Webert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 23104075D `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2348)
- **2023-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23105509D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB2348H1)
- **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 `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105509D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2348H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute printed 23107038D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2348S1)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 23107038D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2348S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Senate substitute rejected by House 23107038D-S1 (1-Y 95-N)
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 95-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: Webert, Wilt, Shin
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Boysko, McClellan, Stanley
- **2023-02-25** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-25** Conference substitute printed 23107565D-H2
- **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 (91-Y 3-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 3-N)
- **2023-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB2348H2)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2348ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB2348ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 532 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0532)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0857df75-62e7-4b6c-b99d-add22807a1b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).