---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Bill."
description: "Budget Bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023S1"
identifier: "HB 6001"
citation: "Virginia HB 6001 (2023S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-09-02"
last_action: "2023-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc05250b-e76b-47c4-b630-52320339ac37"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?232+sum+HB6001"
source_hash: "4b98e14233146c112c4bc5bdd8bea24298267cc866e8e440c4b6accc3142bb93"
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 HB 6001 (2023S1) — Budget Bill.

## Version chain

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

1. **B202321** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?232+ful+B202321)
2. **B202322** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?232+ful+B202322)
3. **B202323** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?232+ful+B202323)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 09/06/23 `filing, introduction`
- **2023-09-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-06** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-09-06** Constitutional second and third readings dispensed (88-Y 3-N)
- **2023-09-06** VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 3-N)
- **2023-09-06** Passed House (86-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2023-09-06** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2023-09-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-09-06** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 3-N)
- **2023-09-06** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2023-09-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-09-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB6001ER) `passage`
- **2023-09-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-09-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-09-08** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on September 8, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-08** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., September 15, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1 (effective 9/14/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-14** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0001)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc05250b-e76b-47c4-b630-52320339ac37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).