---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund; funds may be used to construct flood mitigation measures."
description: "Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund; funds may be used to construct flood mitigation measures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2401"
citation: "Virginia HB 2401 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morefield"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ea4c272-5c6c-4516-a1c4-6c0a90acf0f3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2401"
source_hash: "1e20ff150b1c69453828a1980f265e98f4605a0c7550b008bb6e52f4c8d8e41c"
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 2401 (2023) — Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund; funds may be used to construct flood mitigation measures.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0224** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0224)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106746D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2401S1)
3. **HB2401ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2401ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 23103764D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2401)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Morefield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 23103764D `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from TAX (HB2401)
- **2023-01-26** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-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 BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106746D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute agreed to 23106746D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2401S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106746D-S1 (99-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2401ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from TAX (HB2401ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** 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 224 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0224)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ea4c272-5c6c-4516-a1c4-6c0a90acf0f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).