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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Retirement System; return to work, hiring retired teachers, bus drivers, etc."
description: "Virginia Retirement System; return to work, hiring retired teachers, bus drivers, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1479"
citation: "Virginia SB 1479 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lucas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c299e7b-d641-4a32-b5e1-24c09c37bb5d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1479"
source_hash: "bc2114c1d8111814a521dd9a0bd73fe204b0859c5cd42170a8ce7826744f994a"
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 1479 (2023) — Virginia Retirement System; return to work, hiring retired teachers, bus drivers, etc.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0708** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0708)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106613D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1479H1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 23107505D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1479S1)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 23104499D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1479)
5. **Printed as engrossed 23104499D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1479E)
6. **SB1479ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1479ER)
## Votes
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lucas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 23104499D `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from VRS (SB1479)
- **2023-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1479E
- **2023-01-27** Printed as engrossed 23104499D-E
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106613D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106613D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1479H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from VRS (SB1479H1)
- **2023-02-20** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2023-02-21** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-22** Senators: Lucas, Deeds, Vogel
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Coyner, Bell, Bourne
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-25** Conference substitute printed 23107505D-S1
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (89-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from VRS (SB1479S1)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1479ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from VRS (SB1479E)
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from VRS (SB1479ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 708 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c299e7b-d641-4a32-b5e1-24c09c37bb5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).