---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government; standardization of public notice requirement for certain intended actions, report."
description: "Local government; standardization of public notice requirement for certain intended actions, report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1151"
citation: "Virginia SB 1151 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32dea75b-91e9-418c-9a23-32d8006f1144"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1151"
source_hash: "1bc8c1333cb36f185cc7a59bcbd5927138b6cd3e10e3a7143f50de553848068e"
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 1151 (2023) — Local government; standardization of public notice requirement for certain intended actions, report.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0506** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0506)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100325D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1151)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23100325D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1151E)
4. **SB1151ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1151ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N 2-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100325D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1151)
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-01-25** Amendments by Senator Edwards agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1151E
- **2023-01-25** Printed as engrossed 23100325D-E
- **2023-01-26** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB1151E)
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-09** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-15** Passed House with amendments (97-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1151ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1151ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** 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`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 506 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0506)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32dea75b-91e9-418c-9a23-32d8006f1144`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).