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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Over-the-counter and prescription hearing aids; licensure not required by certain corporations, etc."
description: "Over-the-counter and prescription hearing aids; licensure not required by certain corporations, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1279"
citation: "Virginia SB 1279 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boysko"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aca7b16f-a28b-46c4-b127-2c3525bf051c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1279"
source_hash: "cbd59a239807cedec815e39f750607aa2709e7125559475cf0c87f96e6c603ba"
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 1279 (2023) — Over-the-counter and prescription hearing aids; licensure not required by certain corporations, etc.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0274** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0274)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104205D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1279)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23104205D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1279E)
4. **SB1279ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1279ER)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Rereferred from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Boysko — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104205D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1279)
- **2023-01-19** Rereferred from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Rereferred to General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-01-30** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1279E
- **2023-01-30** Printed as engrossed 23104205D-E
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB1279E)
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1279ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1279ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** 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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 274 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0274)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aca7b16f-a28b-46c4-b127-2c3525bf051c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).