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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bedding and upholstered furniture; exemption from regulation."
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description: "Bedding and upholstered furniture; exemption from regulation."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 2173"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2173 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Sickles"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-01-11"
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last_action: "2023-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/587b57ff-f039-4524-8d56-b35b80ddfa89"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2173"
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source_hash: "ceb73e20234b078cdfcbd906173a0af84ec533166a2ec2d18c836c4d84663256"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2173 (2023) — Bedding and upholstered furniture; exemption from regulation.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0374** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0374)
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2. **HB2173ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2173ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100988D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2173)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Sickles — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100988D `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-25** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB2173)
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- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-02-02** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2173ER) `passage`
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- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2173ER)
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- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 374 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/587b57ff-f039-4524-8d56-b35b80ddfa89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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