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type: "Bill"
title: "Deaf and the Blind, Virginia School for the; background checks for all applicants for employment."
description: "Deaf and the Blind, Virginia School for the; background checks for all applicants for employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 825"
citation: "Virginia SB 825 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 54
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-12-21"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb880bc5-7052-4382-a195-fb63b8323208"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB825"
source_hash: "4470dee7711da7775250bf50aa8c07f59c5008aebaa8092a521f50d4782de6d4"
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 825 (2023) — Deaf and the Blind, Virginia School for the; background checks for all applicants for employment.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0670** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0670)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105511D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB825S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102690D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB825)
4. **SB825ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB825ER)
## Votes
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-21** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102690D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-21** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB825)
- **2023-01-25** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23105511D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105511D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB825S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned Education sub: K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB825S1)
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Amendment by Delegate Davis agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-21** Passed House with amendment (98-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-23** House insisted on amendment
- **2023-02-23** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Bell, Hashmi, Pillion
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Davis, Tata, Subramanyam
- **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 (93-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB825ER) `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB825ER)
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 670 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb880bc5-7052-4382-a195-fb63b8323208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).