republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2023/sb-1233.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marijuana; advertising restrictions, penalties."
description: "Marijuana; advertising restrictions, penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1233"
citation: "Virginia SB 1233 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obenshain"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/934d0d40-637a-49fe-ab35-b25b72da4aa9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1233"
source_hash: "7bb55cc0e847cea6518bac5c5c5a6ff6230bad0bf0ebed79a716e2f81e78067a"
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 1233 (2023) — Marijuana; advertising restrictions, penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0712** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0712)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106792D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1233H1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 23107585D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1233S1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102671D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1233)
5. **SB1233ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1233ER)

## Votes

- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Obenshain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102671D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** 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`
- **2023-01-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-17** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-18** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB1233)
- **2023-02-11** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute printed 23106792D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Committee substitute agreed to 23106792D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1233H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-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 (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Obenshain, Surovell, Boysko
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Wilt, Bell, Delaney
- **2023-02-25** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-25** Conference substitute printed 23107585D-S1
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1233H1)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1233ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB1233ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 712 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/934d0d40-637a-49fe-ab35-b25b72da4aa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).