---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weapon of terrorism; definition, penalty."
description: "Weapon of terrorism; definition, penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1188"
citation: "Virginia SB 1188 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bee5f3c-6709-4934-8231-f13984393424"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1188"
source_hash: "e18602640997db7149c3a054c6c46ed113569adeff8434a19f2629f138f66860"
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 1188 (2023) — Weapon of terrorism; definition, penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0384** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0384)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105839D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1188S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106691D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1188H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103853D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1188)
5. **SB1188ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1188ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 42-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 9-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103853D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1188)
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB1188)
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23105839D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1188S1)
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB1188S1)
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105839D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1188S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106691D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB1188H1)
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1188H1)
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106691D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1188H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House with substitute (51-Y 48-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2023-02-21** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-22** Senators: Reeves, Petersen, Edwards
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Wyatt, Adams, L.R., Delaney
- **2023-02-23** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (50-Y 42-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 42-N)
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1188ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB1188ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 384 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0384)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bee5f3c-6709-4934-8231-f13984393424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).