---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil disturbance; local curfew, penalty."
description: "Civil disturbance; local curfew, penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1455"
citation: "Virginia SB 1455 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norment"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03fe8b3d-96b2-4dbc-8386-8bc6786e3a6f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1455"
source_hash: "8c9a6ebe9e8c58b37d3e058a8cbb1c4bf7e371c4e1a3b76341d9db2968f6506a"
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 1455 (2023) — Civil disturbance; local curfew, penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0360** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0360)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 23104166D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1455)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23104166D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1455E)
4. **SB1455ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1455ER)

## Votes

- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (9-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 43-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Norment — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** Presented and ordered printed 23104166D `introduction`
- **2023-01-13** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1455)
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Local Government (9-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Passed by for the day
- **2023-01-27** Passed by for the day
- **2023-01-30** Passed by for the day
- **2023-01-31** Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-01-31** Amendment by Senator Rouse withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2023-01-31** Amendment by Senator Norment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1455E
- **2023-01-31** Printed as engrossed 23104166D-E
- **2023-01-31** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB1455E)
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Pending question ordered
- **2023-02-22** Passed House (53-Y 43-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Passage (53-Y 43-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1455ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB1455ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 360 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0360)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03fe8b3d-96b2-4dbc-8386-8bc6786e3a6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).