---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing home facility in Amherst County; certificate of public need exemption."
description: "Nursing home facility in Amherst County; certificate of public need exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1452"
citation: "Virginia SB 1452 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 53
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c54d035b-2a17-4841-8ff9-e57647018a5a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1452"
source_hash: "d48259a24d607308cc62fe973e2a404be28ced622ad8d2df1ad4885b0dff1335"
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 1452 (2023) — Nursing home facility in Amherst County; certificate of public need exemption.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0766** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0766)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106795D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1452H1)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23103719D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1452)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23103719D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1452E)
5. **SB1452ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1452ER)
6. **SB1452ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1452ER2)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (74-Y 15-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (11-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (71-Y 25-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 23103719D `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB1452)
- **2023-01-31** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1452E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23103719D-E
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1452E)
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (11-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106795D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB1452H1)
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 23106795D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1452H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House with substitute (71-Y 25-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Passage (71-Y 25-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Title replaced 23106795D-H1
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1452ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1452ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (74-Y 15-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (74-Y 15-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB1452ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 766 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0766)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c54d035b-2a17-4841-8ff9-e57647018a5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).