---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher ed. institutions, certain; reimbursement for noncredit workforce training program, grants."
description: "Higher ed. institutions, certain; reimbursement for noncredit workforce training program, grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1422"
citation: "Virginia SB 1422 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pillion"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e04c61d-5660-441b-a029-d6c5410e506a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1422"
source_hash: "47591297b710f7b2cbb8231db8dff13ff76d90113b1ce724fb8f620709f727dc"
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 1422 (2023) — Higher ed. institutions, certain; reimbursement for noncredit workforce training program, grants.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0006** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0006)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105300D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1422S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101173D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1422)
4. **SB1422ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1422ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pillion — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101173D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1422)
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Incorporates SB1076 (Ruff)
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute printed 23105300D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB1422S1)
- **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 `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23105300D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1422S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1422ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1422ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 6 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e04c61d-5660-441b-a029-d6c5410e506a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).