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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fire marshals; police powers, training requirements."
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description: "Fire marshals; police powers, training requirements."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 905"
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citation: "Virginia SB 905 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DeSteph"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-01-05"
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last_action: "2023-03-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cccedf47-bd15-4b34-8617-994f700c27f4"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB905"
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source_hash: "06450bc2780fc3f798159413b5928ad2266c06e86935e59d2cc4628582aa9c66"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 905 (2023) — Fire marshals; police powers, training requirements.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0216** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0216)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101310D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB905)
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3. **Printed as engrossed 23101310D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB905E)
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4. **SB905ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB905ER)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- DeSteph — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101310D `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-01-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-11** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-01-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-01-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2023-01-18** Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-01-18** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2023-01-18** Amendment by Senator McDougle agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-01-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB905E
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- **2023-01-18** Printed as engrossed 23101310D-E
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- **2023-01-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-01-18** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB905E)
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- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-10** Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-15** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB905ER) `passage`
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- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB905ER)
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- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
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- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 216 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cccedf47-bd15-4b34-8617-994f700c27f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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