---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deaf and the Blind, Virginia School for the; authority to establish campus security department."
description: "Deaf and the Blind, Virginia School for the; authority to establish campus security department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 826"
citation: "Virginia SB 826 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-12-21"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c5021d8-ab30-48b6-a614-fc010430dcb6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB826"
source_hash: "deca6406bd8748ded51dae463b2fc834dc39afc5d1b9dc710870caea183dc7bd"
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 826 (2023) — Deaf and the Blind, Virginia School for the; authority to establish campus security department.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0428** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0428)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106820D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB826H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102249D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB826)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23102249D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB826E)
5. **SB826ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB826ER)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-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
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-21** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102249D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-21** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB826)
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **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** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB826E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23102249D-E
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned Education sub: K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB826E)
- **2023-02-14** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute printed 23106820D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB826H1)
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 23106820D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB826H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Title replaced 23106820D-H1
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB826ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB826ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 428 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0428)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c5021d8-ab30-48b6-a614-fc010430dcb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).