---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; court may appoint certified interpreter."
description: "Interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; court may appoint certified interpreter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2424"
citation: "Virginia HB 2424 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seibold"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28a05ef0-43b6-451b-a15f-ef29299ca1c2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2424"
source_hash: "b8e633b5f92faf8ced35fc482c17cc19ca051c2733df8a48a01b82b4a2e977e9"
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 2424 (2023) — Interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; court may appoint certified interpreter.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0415** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0415)
2. **HB2424ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2424ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104740D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2424)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Seibold — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Unanimous consent to introduce `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 23104740D `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2424)
- **2023-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** 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** Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2424ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB2424ER)
- **2023-02-21** 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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 415 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28a05ef0-43b6-451b-a15f-ef29299ca1c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).