---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment compensation; venue for prosecution of certain criminal cases."
description: "Unemployment compensation; venue for prosecution of certain criminal cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2009"
citation: "Virginia HB 2009 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, L.R."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd68868f-56d3-4096-8dd5-a4893980a57d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2009"
source_hash: "5638a248b68f805f570c6ea5b235162102b4e6872f477b2a21886c7061e64838"
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 2009 (2023) — Unemployment compensation; venue for prosecution of certain criminal cases.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0082** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0082)
2. **HB2009ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2009ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101268D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2009)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams, L.R. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101268D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2009)
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2009ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB2009ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** 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`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 82 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0082)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd68868f-56d3-4096-8dd5-a4893980a57d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).