---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aging, Commonwealth Council on; membership and staff support."
description: "Aging, Commonwealth Council on; membership and staff support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1218"
citation: "Virginia SB 1218 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mason"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdc35b4a-b20a-4188-9826-e1741a6ce067"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1218"
source_hash: "1a1c6c567ab3b2fd8840e34d69f2e1d397858badbb14df6e61e42eb0f78fec91"
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 1218 (2023) — Aging, Commonwealth Council on; membership and staff support.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0583** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0583)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104662D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1218S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103832D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1218)
4. **SB1218ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1218ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mason — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103832D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB1218)
- **2023-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23104662D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB1218S1)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 23104662D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1218S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1218ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1218ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 583 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdc35b4a-b20a-4188-9826-e1741a6ce067`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).