republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2023/sb-1120.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Employment Commission; Commissioner shall have authority to issue subpoenas, etc."
description: "Virginia Employment Commission; Commissioner shall have authority to issue subpoenas, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1120"
citation: "Virginia SB 1120 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79f1eca9-5253-487f-b188-05734baed7d8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1120"
source_hash: "9c449d82c211cbfcf8462637c9ff00b393a6f1d06b1603235a7780b6624bed17"
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 1120 (2023) — Virginia Employment Commission; Commissioner shall have authority to issue subpoenas, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0103)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106482D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1120H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101271D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1120)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23101271D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1120E)
5. **Printed as reengrossed 23101271D-E2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1120E2)
6. **SB1120ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1120ER)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (10-Y 2-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101271D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB1120)
- **2023-01-23** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (10-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-01-26** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1120E
- **2023-01-26** Printed as engrossed 23101271D-E
- **2023-01-27** Passed by for the day
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB1120E)
- **2023-01-30** Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-01-30** Amendments by Senator Surovell agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Reengrossed by Senate as amended SB1120E2
- **2023-01-30** Printed as reengrossed 23101271D-E2
- **2023-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1120E2)
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute printed 23106482D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB1120H1)
- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 23106482D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1120H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Title replaced 23106482D-H1
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1120ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1120ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 103 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0103)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79f1eca9-5253-487f-b188-05734baed7d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).