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type: "Bill"
title: "Immunity of persons; tort actions, assertion of immunity, attorney fees and costs."
description: "Immunity of persons; tort actions, assertion of immunity, attorney fees and costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 845"
citation: "Virginia SB 845 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petersen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-12-28"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe890d5e-99eb-4888-8bbd-889b6449b2c5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB845"
source_hash: "6c5dc32b26ded23c354927707490dfd5e6ee5e61cf95f8c1c865a16fe631bf3b"
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 845 (2023) — Immunity of persons; tort actions, assertion of immunity, attorney fees and costs.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0463** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0463)
2. **Conference substitute printed 23107516D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB845S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102261D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB845)
4. **SB845ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB845ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (16-Y 4-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 1-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (77-Y 19-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Petersen — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102261D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-28** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** 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 for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (16-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-23** Passed House with amendment (77-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Passage (77-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** 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 (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Petersen, Deeds, Obenshain
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Bell, Campbell, J.L., Maldonado
- **2023-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference substitute printed 23107516D-S1
- **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 (92-Y 1-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 1-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB845ER) `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`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 463 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe890d5e-99eb-4888-8bbd-889b6449b2c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).