republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2023/sb-924.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military spouses; burial fees."
description: "Military spouses; burial fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 924"
citation: "Virginia SB 924 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSteph"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ee1cb5e-c751-4bea-b8cd-3c0eeed45c69"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB924"
source_hash: "a18a07504b7224815a92c3ce366b27f04eedf7b14d78a3c72413ffe3085e2894"
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 924 (2023) — Military spouses; burial fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0367** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0367)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105117D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB924S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106664D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB924H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103115D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB924)
5. **SB924ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB924ER)
6. **SB924H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB924H2)

## Votes

- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (12-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeSteph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103115D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB924)
- **2023-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23105117D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** General Laws and Technology Committee amendments rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-01-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 23105117D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB924S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB924S1)
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106664D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB924H1)
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106664D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB924H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-17** Floor substitute printed 23107149D-H2 (Wiley)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Committee on Appropriations substitute reconsidered 23106664D-H1
- **2023-02-17** Committee on Appropriations substitute rejected
- **2023-02-17** Substitute by Delegate Wiley agreed to 23107149D-H2
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB924H2
- **2023-02-17** Passed House with substitute (97-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB924H2)
- **2023-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Title replaced 23107149D-H2
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB924ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB924ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** 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 367 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0367)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ee1cb5e-c751-4bea-b8cd-3c0eeed45c69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).