---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human trafficking; continuing education required for biennial renewal of licensure."
description: "Human trafficking; continuing education required for biennial renewal of licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1147"
citation: "Virginia SB 1147 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boysko"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42e0d0db-6e0a-4bf5-966a-1ff061220331"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1147"
source_hash: "4cf50ebb4a68722303d5eb6783d84ed3642ccef0b7ed74e4dafe4739b70d9425"
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 1147 (2023) — Human trafficking; continuing education required for biennial renewal of licensure.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0419** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0419)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104512D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1147S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106512D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1147H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103078D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1147)
5. **SB1147ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1147ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boysko — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103078D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1147)
- **2023-01-18** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Committee substitute printed 23104512D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute agreed to 23104512D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1147S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1147S1)
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute printed 23106512D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB1147H1)
- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 23106512D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1147H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Title replaced 23106512D-H1
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1147ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1147ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 419 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0419)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42e0d0db-6e0a-4bf5-966a-1ff061220331`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).