---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal testing facilities; public notifications, definitions."
description: "Animal testing facilities; public notifications, definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1271"
citation: "Virginia SB 1271 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boysko"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 55
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a40f220-1566-4bc8-8dee-ef5badb5ea90"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1271"
source_hash: "f1e3aad31fcc32c83470bd515c9845f3953ee90907dea4b0464044e7576aeaf7"
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 1271 (2023) — Animal testing facilities; public notifications, definitions.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0533** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0533)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106068D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1271S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106531D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1271H1)
4. **Conference substitute printed 23107552D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1271S2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101434D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1271)
6. **SB1271ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1271ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (19-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-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 23101434D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB1271)
- **2023-01-25** Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23106068D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB1271S1)
- **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 23106068D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1271S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute printed 23106531D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1271H1)
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 23106531D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1271H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House with substitute (96-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- **2023-02-22** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Boysko, McClellan, Stanley
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Webert, Wilt, Shin
- **2023-02-25** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-25** Conference substitute printed 23107552D-S2
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (90-Y 3-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 3-N)
- **2023-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB1271S2)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1271ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1271ER)
- **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 533 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0533)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a40f220-1566-4bc8-8dee-ef5badb5ea90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).