---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult protective services; referrals to local law enforcement."
description: "Adult protective services; referrals to local law enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2344"
citation: "Virginia HB 2344 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Head"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/798afc7d-b917-4389-a43c-a4bf09f622bf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2344"
source_hash: "3aed8706b1f69d9c4f61b43f3db3af7b97f62c3eb916eb576154ae75cac0307d"
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 2344 (2023) — Adult protective services; referrals to local law enforcement.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0487** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0487)
2. **HB2344ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2344ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23100951D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2344)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (19-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **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
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Head — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 23100951D `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB2344)
- **2023-01-19** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2344ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2344ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 487 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0487)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/798afc7d-b917-4389-a43c-a4bf09f622bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).