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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexually violent predators; civil commitment, penalty."
description: "Sexually violent predators; civil commitment, penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1931"
citation: "Virginia HB 1931 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Durant"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/105daf25-995b-4831-9b7c-f7d66a2ff5cb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1931"
source_hash: "47c1f450213e15dc54c61e58e2f46998ce93777c21b2a74a718b6f164ed69342"
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 HB 1931 (2023) — Sexually violent predators; civil commitment, penalty.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0379** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0379)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106925D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1931S1)
3. **HB1931ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1931ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100767D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1931)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Durant — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100767D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Impact statement from VCSC (HB1931)
- **2023-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1931)
- **2023-01-31** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute printed 23106925D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from VCSC (HB1931S1)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1931S1)
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23106925D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1931S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106925D-S1 (97-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1931ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1931ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 379 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0379)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/105daf25-995b-4831-9b7c-f7d66a2ff5cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).