Virginia 2023, 1st Special Session Status: Enacted

SB 956 — Localities; authorized to create business improvement and recruitment districts.

Last action — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0745)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 06, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Glenn Youngkin (Republican) on April 12, 2023.

Prognosis

Advancing 36% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • Failed a recorded vote

    Failed 9 recorded votes so far — a real headwind.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0745)

  2. Enacted, Chapter 745 (effective 7/1/23)

  3. Signed by Speaker as reenrolled

  4. Signed by President as reenrolled

  5. Reenrolled bill text (SB956ER2)

  6. Reenrolled

  7. Governor's recommendation adopted

  8. VOTE: Adoption (83-Y 11-N)

  9. House concurred in Governor's recommendation (83-Y 11-N)

  10. Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 2-N)

  11. Governor's recommendation received by Senate

  12. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023

  13. Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023

  14. Signed by President

  15. Signed by Speaker

  16. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB956ER)

  17. Enrolled

  18. House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)

  19. VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N)

  20. Passed House with amendment (85-Y 13-N)

  21. Engrossed by House as amended

  22. Committee amendment agreed to

  23. Read third time

  24. Passed by for the day

  25. Read second time

  26. Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N)

  27. House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

  28. Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)

  29. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

  30. Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2

  31. Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

  32. Read first time

  33. Placed on Calendar

  34. Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

  35. Read second time and engrossed

  36. Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)

  37. Reported from Local Government (12-Y 0-N)

  38. Referred to Committee on Local Government

  39. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102223D

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 148 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (148)

148 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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