---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Port Authority; tax credits, creates grant programs, sunset date."
description: "Virginia Port Authority; tax credits, creates grant programs, sunset date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1345"
citation: "Virginia SB 1345 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dafa0b8-ec4e-45ad-8e7f-da00991dddf0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1345"
source_hash: "5e2304a25ce689c4c0b653d93a8778e29950cda885551e439b3df940edf7ff5e"
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 1345 (2023) — Virginia Port Authority; tax credits, creates grant programs, sunset date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0239** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0239)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101795D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1345)
3. **SB1345ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1345ER)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance (20-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101795D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1345)
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Finance (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed House (95-Y 3-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2023-02-13** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-15** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1345ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB1345ER)
- **2023-02-15** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 239 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0239)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dafa0b8-ec4e-45ad-8e7f-da00991dddf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).