republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2023/hb-2132.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; various changes to Act."
description: "Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; various changes to Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2132"
citation: "Virginia HB 2132 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/722c464e-36db-4c9a-8bea-23c433e8d904"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2132"
source_hash: "416803992850f6cb62bd7e7e5e9cc82b0a16e82f3e62cbc7108bd51274172592"
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 2132 (2023) — Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; various changes to Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0299** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0299)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105226D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2132H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23105632D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2132H2)
4. **HB2132ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2132ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103931D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2132)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103931D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Impact statement from VCSC (HB2132)
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from SCC (HB2132)
- **2023-01-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Committee substitute printed 23105226D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from VCSC (HB2132H1)
- **2023-01-26** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from SCC (HB2132H1)
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23105632D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-02-06** Committee Commerce and Energy substitute rejected 23105226D-H1
- **2023-02-06** Committee Courts of Justice substitute agreed to 23105632D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2132H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from SCC (HB2132H2)
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2132ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from SCC (HB2132ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 299 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/722c464e-36db-4c9a-8bea-23c433e8d904`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).