---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public elementary and secondary schools; automated external defibrillators required."
description: "Public elementary and secondary schools; automated external defibrillators required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1453"
citation: "Virginia SB 1453 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McPike"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 55
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76d3a954-b534-4e7e-a43d-f23863bf5ded"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1453"
source_hash: "e33f1f5ea8d4cf13efbcd0613fcc4374a133f569e884855cfe01135083d30f59"
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 1453 (2023) — Public elementary and secondary schools; automated external defibrillators required.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0767** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0767)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 23104004D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1453)
3. **SB1453ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1453ER)
4. **SB1453ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1453ER2)

## Votes

- Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- McPike — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 23104004D `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB1453)
- **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`
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Assigned Education sub: K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Amendment by Delegate Davis agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-21** Passed House with amendment (97-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-23** House insisted on amendment
- **2023-02-23** 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: McPike, Petersen, Suetterlein
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Davis, Freitas, Bourne
- **2023-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 4-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 4-N)
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolleds7210 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1453ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1453ER)
- **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** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB1453ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 767 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76d3a954-b534-4e7e-a43d-f23863bf5ded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).