---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workforce development; consolidation of policies and programs, etc."
description: "Workforce development; consolidation of policies and programs, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1470"
citation: "Virginia SB 1470 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruff"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8055ed0d-4658-4095-a0ea-e2de744a778f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1470"
source_hash: "b5ef86890fa49d6f77d10ece2829226940cbbbc034e8755aea0e2920d31565a8"
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 1470 (2023) — Workforce development; consolidation of policies and programs, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0625** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0625)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23107037D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1470H1)
3. **SB1470ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1470ER)
4. **SB1470H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1470H2)
5. **SB1470S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1470S1)
6. **SB1470S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1470S2)

## Votes

- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (11-Y 0-N 4-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ruff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 23103908D `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1470)
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (11-Y 0-N 4-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23106155D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Substitute bill reprinted 23106155D-S1
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23106219D-S2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Substitute bill reprinted 23106219D-S2
- **2023-02-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** General Laws and Technology Committee substitute rejected 23106155D-S1
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Finance and Appropriations Committee substitute agreed to 23106219D-S2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1470S2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1470S2)
- **2023-02-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute printed 23107037D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1470H1)
- **2023-02-21** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-22** Floor substitute printed 23107182D-H2 (Byron)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Committee on Commerce and Energy substitute rejected 23107037D-H1
- **2023-02-22** Substitute by Delegate Byron agreed to 23107182D-H2
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB1470H2
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Title replaced 23107182D-H1
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1470ER) `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB1470ER)
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 625 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0625)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8055ed0d-4658-4095-a0ea-e2de744a778f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).