---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arrests, certain, and convictions of certain individuals; reports to division safety officials."
description: "Arrests, certain, and convictions of certain individuals; reports to division safety officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 821"
citation: "Virginia SB 821 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Surovell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2684c09-cb8e-4869-905e-5bf70cd6973a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB821"
source_hash: "5b58208aa1b6d83514f749bbc9a91217b7469bcc3a52dd7b73b5bbcf31e218d4"
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 821 (2023) — Arrests, certain, and convictions of certain individuals; reports to division safety officials.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0283** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0283)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106596D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB821H1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 23107562D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB821S1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100637D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB821)
5. **SB821ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB821ER)

## Votes

- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-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
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Surovell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100637D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-20** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (39-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 Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106596D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB821H1)
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106596D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB821H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2023-02-21** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-22** Senators: Surovell, Petersen, Peake
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Bell, Wyatt, Maldonado
- **2023-02-25** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-25** Conference substitute printed 23107562D-S1
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB821S1)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB821ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB821ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 283 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0283)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2684c09-cb8e-4869-905e-5bf70cd6973a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).