republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2023/sb-1388.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Menhaden fish; VIMS to study ecology, etc., of populations in the waters of the Commonwealth."
description: "Menhaden fish; VIMS to study ecology, etc., of populations in the waters of the Commonwealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1388"
citation: "Virginia SB 1388 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6e6dd35-dd83-4dc9-94a6-26334d410e9e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1388"
source_hash: "cae5fa2a4515a1314aebb232f964c79d07ab3ebc1af1bf47ceb75c14a54816ca"
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 1388 (2023) — Menhaden fish; VIMS to study ecology, etc., of populations in the waters of the Commonwealth.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0284** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0284)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105683D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1388S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106723D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1388H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104142D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1388)
5. **SB1388ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1388ER)
6. **SB1388ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1388ES1)

## Votes

- Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rules with substitute (14-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104142D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute printed 23105683D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Rules with substitute (14-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23105683D-ES1
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105683D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-06** Amendment by Senator Lewis agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1388ES1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Assigned Rules sub: Studies `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106723D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 23106723D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Amendment by Delegate Knight agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB1388H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House with substitute with amendment (95-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) `amendment-passage, substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Title replaced 23106723D-H1
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1388ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1388ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 284 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0284)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6e6dd35-dd83-4dc9-94a6-26334d410e9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).