---
type: "Bill"
title: "Worker misclassification; debarment procedures."
description: "Worker misclassification; debarment procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1354"
citation: "Virginia SB 1354 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marsden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e1163e8-086b-46eb-b41a-159adaf34b93"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1354"
source_hash: "4951bd8221b6eae86ccd94658a2d9c1ef3b0f14aed641d6594afe109ce547834"
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 1354 (2023) — Worker misclassification; debarment procedures.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0519** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0519)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100975D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1354)
3. **SB1354ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1354ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance (15-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (64-Y 35-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
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marsden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100975D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-21** Impact statement from TAX (SB1354)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Finance (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House (64-Y 35-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Passage (64-Y 35-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1354ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from TAX (SB1354ER)
- **2023-02-24** 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 519 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e1163e8-086b-46eb-b41a-159adaf34b93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).