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type: "Bill"
title: "Discretionary sentencing guidelines; review, deferred disposition."
description: "Discretionary sentencing guidelines; review, deferred disposition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2019"
citation: "Virginia HB 2019 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, L.R."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a0f6c7d-18da-43fa-8127-f97017606f83"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2019"
source_hash: "5f290648ccdb7d4b76a2cd931891a519e68b29b8a2f94c01351e1bc9b4960e46"
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 2019 (2023) — Discretionary sentencing guidelines; review, deferred disposition.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0034** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0034)
2. **HB2019ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2019ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101635D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2019)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 1-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Adams, L.R. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101635D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB2019)
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Amendment by Senator Surovell withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2019ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB2019ER)
- **2023-02-21** 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`
- **2023-03-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 34 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0034)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a0f6c7d-18da-43fa-8127-f97017606f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).