---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capitol Square Preservation Council; powers and duties."
description: "Capitol Square Preservation Council; powers and duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1357"
citation: "Virginia SB 1357 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norment"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/230ec815-f82e-46d5-a90f-1e9aabccf3e1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1357"
source_hash: "2623f2ca3c03216dc905c8491f8c9ec00433907d6801c0380fc4dc724a9e789a"
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 1357 (2023) — Capitol Square Preservation Council; powers and duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0391** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0391)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106345D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1357S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23107172D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1357H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101219D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1357)
5. **SB1357ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1357ER)

## Votes

- Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rules with substitute (14-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (51-Y 45-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Norment — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101219D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1357)
- **2023-02-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute printed 23106345D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Rules with substitute (17-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 23106345D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1357S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1357S1)
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Assigned Rules sub: Amendments and Other Matters Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Rules with substitute (14-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute printed 23107172D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1357H1)
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Committee substitute agreed to 23107172D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1357H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Passed House with substitute (51-Y 45-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Passage (51-Y 45-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Title replaced 23107172D-H1
- **2023-02-23** Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1357ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1357ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 391 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0391)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/230ec815-f82e-46d5-a90f-1e9aabccf3e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).