---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex trafficked youth; DCJS to administer two-year pilot program to provide safe harbor for youth."
description: "Sex trafficked youth; DCJS to administer two-year pilot program to provide safe harbor for youth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1292"
citation: "Virginia SB 1292 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deeds"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2bf62aa-99f7-40a1-8435-9fa397c9e8da"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1292"
source_hash: "7439f325451b69f54dc625e409b6251e4d7d64097c2e4687c7cc5b83667f0971"
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 SB 1292 (2023) — Sex trafficked youth; DCJS to administer two-year pilot program to provide safe harbor for youth.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0556** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0556)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106343D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1292S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106680D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1292H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102057D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1292)
5. **SB1292ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1292ER)
6. **SB1292ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1292ES1)

## Votes

- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deeds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102057D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB1292)
- **2023-02-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute printed 23106343D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB1292S1)
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106343D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-06** Amendments by Senator agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB1292ES1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23106343D-ES1
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1292ES1)
- **2023-02-11** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute printed 23106680D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Committee substitute agreed to 23106680D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1292H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Title replaced 23106680D-H1
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1292H1)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1292ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB1292ER)
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 556 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0556)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2bf62aa-99f7-40a1-8435-9fa397c9e8da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).