---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement officer; definition includes fire marshal with police powers."
description: "Law-enforcement officer; definition includes fire marshal with police powers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1046"
citation: "Virginia SB 1046 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McPike"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-08"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57dba3e5-59f2-47b4-b0c0-e18a23c1bd46"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1046"
source_hash: "0bb8b32ee1161eeaaf49d7bc176c42745a445c09f96cb4584dbf768a680881aa"
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 SB 1046 (2023) — Law-enforcement officer; definition includes fire marshal with police powers.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0672** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0672)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23107056D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1046H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102698D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1046)
4. **SB1046ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1046ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- McPike — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102698D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1046)
- **2023-01-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute printed 23107056D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1046H1)
- **2023-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 23107056D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1046H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Title replaced 23107056D-H1
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1046ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1046ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 672 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0672)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57dba3e5-59f2-47b4-b0c0-e18a23c1bd46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).