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type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; breach of Canons of Judicial Conduct."
description: "Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; breach of Canons of Judicial Conduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2168"
citation: "Virginia HB 2168 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8de7e583-90a9-4542-948f-4df5dbfec324"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2168"
source_hash: "bd9bed5a8b049aac2830543b822e380902ba67b3d8f3f3d223f1a0a0be895d07"
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 2168 (2023) — Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; breach of Canons of Judicial Conduct.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0700** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0700)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105185D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2168H1)
3. **HB2168ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2168ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103435D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2168)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (81-Y 17-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (22-Y 18-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (67-Y 31-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (10-Y 5-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103435D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute printed 23105185D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 23105185D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2168H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Read third time and passed House (67-Y 31-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** VOTE: Passage (67-Y 31-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Judiciary with amendment (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-20** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate with amendment (22-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (81-Y 17-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (81-Y 17-N)
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2168ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** 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`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 700 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0700)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8de7e583-90a9-4542-948f-4df5dbfec324`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).