---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; stop work orders, appeals."
description: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; stop work orders, appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2312"
citation: "Virginia HB 2312 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Head"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4af53c7-2c2b-40b0-8e47-f222b124c538"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2312"
source_hash: "a135313570dc0b64ca674c50bd887556d1eac4e283e31d3adab23c73d320582e"
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 2312 (2023) — Uniform Statewide Building Code; stop work orders, appeals.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0446** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0446)
2. **HB2312ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2312ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104240D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2312)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (12-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Head — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 23104240D `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2312)
- **2023-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- **2023-02-02** Reported from General Laws (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2312ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2312ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** 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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 446 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0446)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4af53c7-2c2b-40b0-8e47-f222b124c538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).