republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2023/sb-1394.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cutting of grass and weeds on certain property; localities in Planning District 22."
description: "Cutting of grass and weeds on certain property; localities in Planning District 22."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1394"
citation: "Virginia SB 1394 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a1362a5-b39c-4c17-bacc-7c7062edeb1f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1394"
source_hash: "d2eca48d9747a898eb353a68c92ad41e10bbff069cf4321f38ebfbcc0416447c"
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 1394 (2023) — Cutting of grass and weeds on certain property; localities in Planning District 22.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0724** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0724)
2. **Floor substitute printed 23106215D-S1 (Lewis)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1394S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102531D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1394)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23102531D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1394E)
5. **SB1394ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1394ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with amendments (13-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Committee amendments reconsidered (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (59-Y 38-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (61-Y 38-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (33-Y 6-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 23102531D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Local Government with amendments (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-01** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1394E
- **2023-02-01** Printed as engrossed 23102531D-E
- **2023-02-02** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-03** Floor substitute printed 23106215D-S1 (Lewis)
- **2023-02-03** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-06** Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendments reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendments rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Substitute by Senator Lewis agreed to 23106215D-S1
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1394S1
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-10** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed House (59-Y 38-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Passage (59-Y 38-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- **2023-02-15** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-16** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House (61-Y 38-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Passage (61-Y 38-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1394ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 724 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0724)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a1362a5-b39c-4c17-bacc-7c7062edeb1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).