---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighters; training program on risks of electric vehicle fires."
description: "Firefighters; training program on risks of electric vehicle fires."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2451"
citation: "Virginia HB 2451 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Quinn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4048f7ca-154b-40a0-ad7a-4ec398117a1b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2451"
source_hash: "33da84ba7b4c4e7b153ece0d97ee73396b6af16df69c9adedc6d391fc5b94f94"
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 2451 (2023) — Firefighters; training program on risks of electric vehicle fires.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0087** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0087)
2. **HB2451ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2451ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104387D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2451)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'Quinn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23104387D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB2451)
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Motion to refer to committee agreed to `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** 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 General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2451ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB2451ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 87 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0087)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4048f7ca-154b-40a0-ad7a-4ec398117a1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).