republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2023/sb-820.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Va. Opioid Use Reduction & Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment & Transition Fund; created."
description: "Va. Opioid Use Reduction & Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment & Transition Fund; created."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 820"
citation: "Virginia SB 820 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Favola"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5154a6a-ba57-49d4-9e61-80c586971314"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB820"
source_hash: "a70960572f64e05c12fcdaa1ca263b170d9e5ac9eac8ed9fc6ee67f6caea3f46"
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 820 (2023) — Va. Opioid Use Reduction & Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment & Transition Fund; created.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0650** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0650)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23107060D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB820H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101234D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB820)
4. **SB820ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB820ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Favola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101234D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-20** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-13** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB820)
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute printed 23107060D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB820H1)
- **2023-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 23107060D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB820H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2023-02-23** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Favola, Locke, Pillion
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Coyner, Ballard, McQuinn
- **2023-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB820ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB820ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 650 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5154a6a-ba57-49d4-9e61-80c586971314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).