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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; court may appoint certified interpreter."
description: "Interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; court may appoint certified interpreter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 814"
citation: "Virginia SB 814 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Surovell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-15"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9a804a0-fcbe-48c2-b7bd-646f6c9e44eb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB814"
source_hash: "9627f9f0f5f137194ae84614330e465813ee9842957e6d62203af56cdd2a3dc8"
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 814 (2023) — Interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; court may appoint certified interpreter.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0416** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0416)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104569D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB814S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103493D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB814)
4. **SB814ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB814ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Surovell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-15** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103493D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-15** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB814)
- **2023-01-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16** Committee substitute printed 23104569D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB814S1)
- **2023-01-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-18** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-18** Committee substitute agreed to 23104569D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB814S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-19** Read third time and passed Senate (40-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`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB814ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB814ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 416 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9a804a0-fcbe-48c2-b7bd-646f6c9e44eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).