---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Port Authority; tax credits, creates grant programs, sunset date."
description: "Virginia Port Authority; tax credits, creates grant programs, sunset date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1832"
citation: "Virginia HB 1832 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wyatt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c76ce64-380c-4080-92fb-2abb7c9bbc02"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1832"
source_hash: "76e53370264448823fc0ff436078634a684d3ae1f4938e5874f2f65c282efbbe"
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 1832 (2023) — Virginia Port Authority; tax credits, creates grant programs, sunset date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0238** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0238)
2. **HB1832ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1832ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103811D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1832)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wyatt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103811D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1832)
- **2023-01-25** Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1832ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1832ER)
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 238 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0238)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c76ce64-380c-4080-92fb-2abb7c9bbc02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).