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legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1392.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "School security officers; carrying a firearm in performance of duties."
+description: "Authorizes a school security officer to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties if (i) within 10 years immediately prior to being hired by the local school board he was an active law-enforcement officer in the Commonwealth; (ii) he retired or resigned from his position as a law-enforcement officer in good standing; (iii) he meets the training and qualifications to carry a concealed handgun as a retired law-enforcement officer; (iv) he has met the additional training and certification requirements of the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS); (v) the local school board solicits input from the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality regarding the qualifications of the school security officer and receives verification from such chief law-enforcement officer that the school security officer is not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, purchasing, or transporting a firearm; and (vi) the local school board grants him the authority to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties. The bill requires DCJS to establish additional firearms training and certification requirements for school security officers who carry a firearm in the performance of their duties. Existing law requires DCJS to establish minimum training and certification requirements for school security officers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1392"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1392 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commendations and Commemorations", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Criminal Procedure", "Education", "Weapons"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["L. Scott Lingamfelter"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-07-18"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edd1f6f8-2b70-4975-8a5f-549aea9aba2b"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1392"
+source_hash: "f752634350911afb371cdfa356b21db53096393b2d52c65ac59103b4ff795d14"
+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 HB 1392 (2017) — School security officers; carrying a firearm in performance of duties.
+
+Authorizes a school security officer to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties if (i) within 10 years immediately prior to being hired by the local school board he was an active law-enforcement officer in the Commonwealth; (ii) he retired or resigned from his position as a law-enforcement officer in good standing; (iii) he meets the training and qualifications to carry a concealed handgun as a retired law-enforcement officer; (iv) he has met the additional training and certification requirements of the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS); (v) the local school board solicits input from the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality regarding the qualifications of the school security officer and receives verification from such chief law-enforcement officer that the school security officer is not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, purchasing, or transporting a firearm; and (vi) the local school board grants him the authority to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties. The bill requires DCJS to establish additional firearms training and certification requirements for school security officers who carry a firearm in the performance of their duties. Existing law requires DCJS to establish minimum training and certification requirements for school security officers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0311)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1392ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1392ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100071D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1392)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17100071D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1392E)
+5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105303D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1392S1)
+6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105369D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1392S2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Education with amendment — **15–6** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **78–19** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance with substitute — **11–5** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105369D-S2 — **75–22** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **12–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **24–16** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- L. Scott Lingamfelter — primary (person)
+- Benjamin L. Cline — cosponsor (person)
+- Brenda L. Pogge — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher E. Collins — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher P. Stolle — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
+- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson H. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
+- James P. "Jimmie" Massie, III — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Mark Dudenhefer — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
+- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
+- N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
+- Peter F. Farrell — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick L. Morris — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert G. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
+- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
+- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-07-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100071D `introduction`
+- **2016-07-18** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-20** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-23** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-01-23** Engrossed by House as amended HB1392E
+- **2017-01-23** Printed as engrossed 17100071D-E
+- **2017-01-24** Read third time and passed House (78-Y 19-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-17** Committee substitute rejected 17105303D-S1
+- **2017-02-17** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 17105369D-S2
+- **2017-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1392S2
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105369D-S2 (75-Y 22-N)
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 311 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edd1f6f8-2b70-4975-8a5f-549aea9aba2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1396.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Grottoes, Town of; amending charter, appointment of member to office of vice-mayor, etc."
+description: "Authorizes the town council to appoint a member to the office of vice-mayor, to serve in the event of the mayor's absence or inability to act. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1396"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1396 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Charters"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Steven Landes"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-07-27"
+last_action: "2017-03-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e5f2482-2d33-4f58-8e01-96c016a13065"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1396"
+source_hash: "9d4e94f8a93a47fd7841e5f985126ee0a872d744c49fb9d11efcca36ee65b733"
+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 HB 1396 (2017) — Grottoes, Town of; amending charter, appointment of member to office of vice-mayor, etc.
+
+Authorizes the town council to appoint a member to the office of vice-mayor, to serve in the event of the mayor's absence or inability to act. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0659)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0659)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1396ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1396ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100172D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1396)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Local Government — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Steven Landes — primary (person)
+- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-07-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100172D `introduction`
+- **2016-07-27** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 659 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e5f2482-2d33-4f58-8e01-96c016a13065`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1401.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Higher educational institutions; speech on campus."
+description: "Prohibits public institutions of higher education from abridging the constitutional freedom of any individual, including enrolled students, faculty and other employees, and invited guests, to speak on campus, except as otherwise permitted by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1401"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1401 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Educational Institutions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Steven Landes"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-09-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9971a178-d30b-48eb-8267-d14e7c0e1d87"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1401"
+source_hash: "9163275d173d7ccd505f1e815fca8cc8f001ec9917141a88c0cf41745bcec94a"
+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 HB 1401 (2017) — Higher educational institutions; speech on campus.
+
+Prohibits public institutions of higher education from abridging the constitutional freedom of any individual, including enrolled students, faculty and other employees, and invited guests, to speak on campus, except as otherwise permitted by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0506)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0506)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1401ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1401ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100215D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1401)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **36–4** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education — **16–5** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **76–19** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **79–16** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Steven Landes — primary (person)
+- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
+- Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
+- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson H. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
+- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick L. Morris — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronald A. Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
+- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-09-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100215D `introduction`
+- **2016-09-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-25** Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
+- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-01** Pending question ordered
+- **2017-02-01** Engrossed by House
+- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House (76-Y 19-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2017-02-20** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (79-Y 16-N)
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 506 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9971a178-d30b-48eb-8267-d14e7c0e1d87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1402.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Higher educational institutions, public; certain positions require residency of the Commonwealth."
+description: "Requires the president or any one of the vice presidents of the board of visitors of Virginia Military Institute, the chairman or the vice-chairman of the State Board, and the rector or vice-rector of the governing board of each other public institution of higher education to be a resident of the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1402"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1402 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Educational Institutions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Steven Landes"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 12
+first_action: "2016-09-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f1a772e-ddcc-42ee-9f25-9eca8ae16bbb"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1402"
+source_hash: "09c0d64fc62d5e3f17b01b77c1f1fe90796e6df8a3f0e0def8569e3197079ae2"
+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 HB 1402 (2017) — Higher educational institutions, public; certain positions require residency of the Commonwealth.
+
+Requires the president or any one of the vice presidents of the board of visitors of Virginia Military Institute, the chairman or the vice-chairman of the State Board, and the rector or vice-rector of the governing board of each other public institution of higher education to be a resident of the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0764)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0764)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1402ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1402ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104390D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1402H1)
+4. **House: Conference substitute printed 17105749D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1402H2)
+5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100216D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1402)
+6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105458D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1402S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House — **60–38** (pass) · legislature
+- Conference report agreed to by House — **59–36** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **39–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education with substitute — **15–6** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate substitute rejected by House 17105458D-S1 — **0–95** (fail) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **26–14** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **33–6** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate insisted on substitute — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **30–9** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **9–6** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Steven Landes — primary (person)
+- Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
+- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronald A. Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-09-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100216D `introduction`
+- **2016-09-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-20** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 17104390D-H1
+- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1402H1
+- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House (60-Y 38-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 17105458D-S1
+- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1402S1
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-21** Senate substitute rejected by House 17105458D-S1 (0-Y 95-N)
+- **2017-02-22** Senate requested conference committee
+- **2017-02-23** House acceded to request
+- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
+- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
+- **2017-02-24** Amended by conference committee
+- **2017-02-24** Conference substitute printed 17105749D-H2
+- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (59-Y 36-N)
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 764 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f1a772e-ddcc-42ee-9f25-9eca8ae16bbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1404.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Fire alarms; maliciously activating, penalty."
+description: "Removes the condition that a building must be for public use in order for the Class 1 misdemeanor for maliciously activating a building's fire alarm to apply. The bill authorizes any locality to provide by ordinance that a person convicted of maliciously activating a fire alarm shall be liable for the reasonable expense in responding to such a fire alarm. Current law allows such an ordinance to impose liability for the reasonable expense of an emergency response to an imitation version of a weapon of terrorism, fire bomb, other explosive device, bomb threat, or incitement of a bomb threat. The bill increases the maximum amount that a locality or volunteer emergency medical services agency may recover under such an ordinance from $1,000 to $2,500. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1404"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1404 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Crimes and Offenses Generally"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Cole"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-09-08"
+last_action: "2017-02-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59a6b83c-beab-434d-aed7-1b2fe20e63b0"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1404"
+source_hash: "bc6a86bbb5bd5d038855badf5592e9710dd13158edc7952d023b03b667fbf08e"
+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 HB 1404 (2017) — Fire alarms; maliciously activating, penalty.
+
+Removes the condition that a building must be for public use in order for the Class 1 misdemeanor for maliciously activating a building's fire alarm to apply. The bill authorizes any locality to provide by ordinance that a person convicted of maliciously activating a fire alarm shall be liable for the reasonable expense in responding to such a fire alarm. Current law allows such an ordinance to impose liability for the reasonable expense of an emergency response to an imitation version of a weapon of terrorism, fire bomb, other explosive device, bomb threat, or incitement of a bomb threat. The bill increases the maximum amount that a locality or volunteer emergency medical services agency may recover under such an ordinance from $1,000 to $2,500. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0098)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0098)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1404ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1404ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100210D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1404)
+4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105240D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1404S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **38–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105240D-S1 — **93–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark L. Cole — primary (person)
+- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
+- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-09-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100210D `introduction`
+- **2016-09-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-08** Committee substitute agreed to 17105240D-S1
+- **2017-02-08** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1404S1
+- **2017-02-10** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-10** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105240D-S1 (93-Y 2-N)
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
+- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
+- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 98 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59a6b83c-beab-434d-aed7-1b2fe20e63b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1405.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Trooper Chad Phillip Dermyer Memorial Bridge; designating as Rt. 143 bridge over Interstate 64."
+description: "Designates the State Route 143 bridge in the City of Newport"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1405"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1405 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Highways", "Bridges and Ferries"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2016-09-12"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60035ad8-9701-4b3d-8729-8fc753f5fe5d"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1405"
+source_hash: "42a7bc7d275c273230011eeb25c0ef93dd1e839f10427cd78c6dc8fd2e7466d8"
+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 HB 1405 (2017) — Trooper Chad Phillip Dermyer Memorial Bridge; designating as Rt. 143 bridge over Interstate 64.
+
+Designates the State Route 143 bridge in the City of Newport
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0148)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0148)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1405ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1405ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100227D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1405)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Transportation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Transportation — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
+- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
+- Benjamin L. Cline — cosponsor (person)
+- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
+- Brenda L. Pogge — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Todd Gilbert — cosponsor (person)
+- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
+- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher E. Collins — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher P. Stolle — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
+- Daun S. Hester — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
+- David B. Albo — cosponsor (person)
+- David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
+- David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
+- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
+- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
+- G. Manoli Loupassi — cosponsor (person)
+- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregory D. Habeeb — cosponsor (person)
+- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson H. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
+- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
+- James M. LeMunyon — cosponsor (person)
+- James P. "Jimmie" Massie, III — cosponsor (person)
+- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
+- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- John M. O'Bannon, III — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph R. Yost — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Mark Dudenhefer — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Scott Lingamfelter — cosponsor (person)
+- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
+- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
+- Les R. Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
+- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew James — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
+- N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
+- Nick Rush — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
+- Peter F. Farrell — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick L. Morris — cosponsor (person)
+- Riley E. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert G. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronald A. Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
+- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
+- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
+- Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
+- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
+- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
+- William J. Howell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-09-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100227D `introduction`
+- **2016-09-12** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 148 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60035ad8-9701-4b3d-8729-8fc753f5fe5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1408.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Student vision screenings; requirements for certain students."
+description: "Requires (i) the principal of each public elementary school to cause the vision of students in kindergarten and grade two or grade three to be screened unless certain exceptions apply and (ii) the principal of each public middle school and high school to cause the vision of students in grade seven and grade 10 to be screened unless certain exceptions apply and permits any such screening to be conducted by a qualified nonprofit vision health organization that uses a digital photoscreening method pursuant to a comprehensive vision program or other methods that comply with Department of Education requirements. The bill defines \"qualified nonprofit vision health organization\" and \"comprehensive vision program.\" Under current law, the frequency of such vision screenings is determined by the Board of Education pursuant to regulations. Current law is silent on the method and provider of such vision screenings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1408"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1408 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2016-09-26"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/370c3ea5-da4c-4ecb-86c3-9c0ea168bc9c"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1408"
+source_hash: "53faee8f8c02ee835bf21a149eca3ab51616ab6b342d1874c6bbe7a74f4af232"
+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 HB 1408 (2017) — Student vision screenings; requirements for certain students.
+
+Requires (i) the principal of each public elementary school to cause the vision of students in kindergarten and grade two or grade three to be screened unless certain exceptions apply and (ii) the principal of each public middle school and high school to cause the vision of students in grade seven and grade 10 to be screened unless certain exceptions apply and permits any such screening to be conducted by a qualified nonprofit vision health organization that uses a digital photoscreening method pursuant to a comprehensive vision program or other methods that comply with Department of Education requirements. The bill defines "qualified nonprofit vision health organization" and "comprehensive vision program." Under current law, the frequency of such vision screenings is determined by the Board of Education pursuant to regulations. Current law is silent on the method and provider of such vision screenings.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0312)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0312)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1408ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1408ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104706D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1408H1)
+4. **House: Floor substitute printed 17105175D-H2 (Ware)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1408H2)
+5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100237D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1408)
+6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105532D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1408S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105532D-S1 — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education with substitute — **20–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **38–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Appropriations with amendments — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-09-26** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100237D `introduction`
+- **2016-09-26** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-25** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Floor substitute printed 17105175D-H2 (Ware)
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Education Committee substitute rejected 17104706D-H1
+- **2017-02-06** Appropriations Committee amendments rejected
+- **2017-02-06** Substitute by Delegate Ware agreed to 17105175D-H2
+- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1408H2
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 17105532D-S1
+- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1408S1
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105532D-S1 (95-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 312 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/370c3ea5-da4c-4ecb-86c3-9c0ea168bc9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1414.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Standards of Learning; DOE to review multipart assessment questions, partial credit, etc."
+description: "Requires the Department of Education to collaborate with the existing educational advisory committees in the Commonwealth that advise on student assessments to review multipart Standards of Learning assessment questions and determine the feasibility of awarding students partial credit for correct answers on one or more parts of such questions. The bill requires the Department to report its determination to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2017. The bill prohibits the Department from taking action regarding the awarding of partial credit prior to the 2018 Session of the General Assembly."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1414"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1414 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "General Assembly", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2016-10-11"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71bbfe22-a9ac-4a51-89e7-0b3fa44093aa"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1414"
+source_hash: "17221f1abdbec5f8637e4f55f92e50a23ec6f1080bc1a60b8609dc2e0759aee5"
+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 HB 1414 (2017) — Standards of Learning; DOE to review multipart assessment questions, partial credit, etc.
+
+Requires the Department of Education to collaborate with the existing educational advisory committees in the Commonwealth that advise on student assessments to review multipart Standards of Learning assessment questions and determine the feasibility of awarding students partial credit for correct answers on one or more parts of such questions. The bill requires the Department to report its determination to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2017. The bill prohibits the Department from taking action regarding the awarding of partial credit prior to the 2018 Session of the General Assembly.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0313)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0313)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1414ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1414ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104647D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1414H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100564D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1414)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
+- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-10-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100564D `introduction`
+- **2016-10-11** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 17104647D-H1
+- **2017-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1414H1
+- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2017-02-20** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 313 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71bbfe22-a9ac-4a51-89e7-0b3fa44093aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1415.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Transient occupancy tax; Goochland, Powhatan, and Warren Counties authorized to impose."
+description: "Adds the Counties of Goochland, Powhatan,"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1415"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1415 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Hotels", "Restaurants", "Summer Camps", "and Campgrounds", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-10-11"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8b8b727-8641-4549-af1e-e4d8c5148998"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1415"
+source_hash: "3d70d6a9e6391bdb5ef3edb65abef7874b98140b52b91082c7302c8bd9c8051f"
+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 HB 1415 (2017) — Transient occupancy tax; Goochland, Powhatan, and Warren Counties authorized to impose.
+
+Adds the Counties of Goochland, Powhatan,
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0023)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1415ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1415ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100691D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1415)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17100691D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1415E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **30–9** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **13–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **6–3** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance with amendments — **13–9** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **72–27** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-10-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100691D `introduction`
+- **2016-10-11** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-11** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-01-25** Amendments by Delegate Ware agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1415E
+- **2017-01-25** Printed as engrossed 17100691D-E
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (72-Y 27-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
+- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 23 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8b8b727-8641-4549-af1e-e4d8c5148998`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1422.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc."
+description: "Provides that it is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to engage in fraudulent or improper or dishonest conduct while engaged in a transaction that was initiated (i) during a declared state of emergency or (ii) to repair damage resulting from the event that prompted the declaration of a state of emergency, regardless of whether the supplier is a licensed contractor. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1422"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1422 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Consumer Protection", "Trade and Commerce"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2016-11-01"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fcb0c66-2133-4b4e-8ffb-810673274fa8"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1422"
+source_hash: "d5ca2c37037c4dacff395624ca8c2cc84d9274d268f1258d4f1fba619cb86749"
+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 HB 1422 (2017) — Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc.
+
+Provides that it is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to engage in fraudulent or improper or dishonest conduct while engaged in a transaction that was initiated (i) during a declared state of emergency or (ii) to repair damage resulting from the event that prompted the declaration of a state of emergency, regardless of whether the supplier is a licensed contractor. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0011)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1422ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1422ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104419D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1422H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101059D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1422)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
+- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-11-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101059D `introduction`
+- **2016-11-01** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 17104419D-H1
+- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1422H1
+- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
+- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 11 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fcb0c66-2133-4b4e-8ffb-810673274fa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1426.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Emergency custody or involuntary admission process; alternative transportation model."
+description: "Directs the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Director of Criminal Justice Services, in conjunction with the relevant stakeholders, to develop a comprehensive model for the use of alternative transportation providers to provide safe and efficient transportation of individuals involved in the emergency custody or involuntary admission process as an alternative to transportation by law enforcement. The bill requires that the model be completed by October 1, 2017, and reported to the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century, the House Committee for Courts of Justice, and the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1426"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1426 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["T. Scott Garrett"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-11-03"
+last_action: "2017-02-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e93aa976-f1b4-46d4-aa55-c006c5741677"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1426"
+source_hash: "70f88f8adc74d15fb84bda7bc44a16fc37d82d17baed5e3a03682ed50914c341"
+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 HB 1426 (2017) — Emergency custody or involuntary admission process; alternative transportation model.
+
+Directs the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Director of Criminal Justice Services, in conjunction with the relevant stakeholders, to develop a comprehensive model for the use of alternative transportation providers to provide safe and efficient transportation of individuals involved in the emergency custody or involuntary admission process as an alternative to transportation by law enforcement. The bill requires that the model be completed by October 1, 2017, and reported to the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century, the House Committee for Courts of Justice, and the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0094)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0094)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1426ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1426ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100871D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1426)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17100871D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1426E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Rereferred from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)
+- Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-11-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100871D `introduction`
+- **2016-11-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
+- **2017-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-26** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-01-26** Engrossed by House as amended HB1426E
+- **2017-01-26** Printed as engrossed 17100871D-E
+- **2017-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-06** Rereferred to Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0--N) `passage`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 94 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e93aa976-f1b4-46d4-aa55-c006c5741677`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1431.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Voter registration drives; compensation prohibitions."
+description: "Prohibits any individual or group conducting a voter registration drive from compensating its volunteers or employees on the basis of the number of completed voter registration applications the volunteer or employee collects. The bill also prohibits volunteers and employees from accepting compensation based on the number of completed voter registration applications he collects."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1431"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1431 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Cole"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-11-14"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/384252bd-5170-40c2-ba5b-8076d025db92"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1431"
+source_hash: "dddea0769031fa72b02d2284efae81068ce301395e131fb79118c75ed818635e"
+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 HB 1431 (2017) — Voter registration drives; compensation prohibitions.
+
+Prohibits any individual or group conducting a voter registration drive from compensating its volunteers or employees on the basis of the number of completed voter registration applications the volunteer or employee collects. The bill also prohibits volunteers and employees from accepting compensation based on the number of completed voter registration applications he collects.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0336)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0336)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1431ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1431ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104463D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1431H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100850D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1431)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **8–6** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **21–19** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **96–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark L. Cole — primary (person)
+- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-11-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100850D `introduction`
+- **2016-11-14** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-10** Assigned P & E sub: Campaigns `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 17104463D-H1
+- **2017-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1431H1
+- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 336 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/384252bd-5170-40c2-ba5b-8076d025db92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1437.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public school students; sight and hearing testing, exceptions."
+description: "Excludes from the requirement that the sight and hearing of public school students be tested any student who has an Individualized Education Program or a Section 504 Plan that documents a defect of vision or hearing or a disease of the eyes or ears when the principal determines that such a test would not identify any previously unknown defect of vision or hearing or disease of the eyes or ears."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1437"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1437 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-11-22"
+last_action: "2017-03-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/476e3ffe-e6ac-4b92-b43d-05329ef92b82"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1437"
+source_hash: "aefff8ad710961b4a7321f1bd9fa6b4e331674e8654371d89059eb0e5c0e03f6"
+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 HB 1437 (2017) — Public school students; sight and hearing testing, exceptions.
+
+Excludes from the requirement that the sight and hearing of public school students be tested any student who has an Individualized Education Program or a Section 504 Plan that documents a defect of vision or hearing or a disease of the eyes or ears when the principal determines that such a test would not identify any previously unknown defect of vision or hearing or disease of the eyes or ears.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0765)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0765)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1437ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1437ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104523D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1437H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101120D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1437)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-11-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101120D `introduction`
+- **2016-11-22** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Committee substitute agreed to 17104523D-H1
+- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1437H1
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 765 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/476e3ffe-e6ac-4b92-b43d-05329ef92b82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1440.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Farm use vehicles; imposes $250 fine for violating limitations while operating unregistered vehicle."
+description: "Imposes a $250 fine for willfully and intentionally violating the limitations for the use of farm use vehicles on a highway for a second or subsequent violation. Current law allows for a fine of up to $250 regardless of the number of previous violations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1440"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1440 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food", "Highways", "Bridges and Ferries", "Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-11-23"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8585e74-504b-4d1b-91f6-7dad2089139d"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1440"
+source_hash: "0d969571466c2f6b4b8f18a0eea7fd2eb550120dc5ad71222fd8d7993c990685"
+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 HB 1440 (2017) — Farm use vehicles; imposes $250 fine for violating limitations while operating unregistered vehicle.
+
+Imposes a $250 fine for willfully and intentionally violating the limitations for the use of farm use vehicles on a highway for a second or subsequent violation. Current law allows for a fine of up to $250 regardless of the number of previous violations.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0204)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1440ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1440ER)
+3. **House: Floor substitute printed 17104534D-H1 (Bell, Richard P.)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1440H1)
+4. **House: Floor substitute printed 17104849D-H2 (Bell, Richard P.)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1440H2)
+5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100180D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1440)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Transportation — **11–9** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Transportation — **10–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **54–44** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **35–5** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-11-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100180D `introduction`
+- **2016-11-23** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-23** Floor substitute printed 17104534D-H1 (Bell, Richard P.)
+- **2017-01-23** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-24** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-25** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-26** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-27** Floor substitute printed 17104849D-H2 (Bell, Richard P.)
+- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-27** Substitute by Delegate Richard P. Bell agreed to 17104849D-H2
+- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1440H2
+- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 204 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8585e74-504b-4d1b-91f6-7dad2089139d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1450.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Health insurer/health maintenance organization; response to notice from pharmacy's intermediary."
+description: "Provides that if a pharmacy has provided notice through an intermediary of its agreement to accept reimbursements at rates applicable to preferred providers, the insurer or its intermediary may elect to respond directly to the pharmacy instead of the intermediary. The measure does not require a carrier to contract with a pharmacy's intermediary and does not prohibit an insurer or its intermediary from contracting with or disclosing confidential information to a pharmacy's intermediary."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1450"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1450 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance", "Narcotics and Drugs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2016-12-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2ee65b7-50f4-49b8-ab09-288213124106"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1450"
+source_hash: "003e67419725bc62c518b1c5232de00dc743fe754c15e3fbdcf98a6c8433258d"
+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 HB 1450 (2017) — Health insurer/health maintenance organization; response to notice from pharmacy's intermediary.
+
+Provides that if a pharmacy has provided notice through an intermediary of its agreement to accept reimbursements at rates applicable to preferred providers, the insurer or its intermediary may elect to respond directly to the pharmacy instead of the intermediary. The measure does not require a carrier to contract with a pharmacy's intermediary and does not prohibit an insurer or its intermediary from contracting with or disclosing confidential information to a pharmacy's intermediary.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0615)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0615)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1450ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1450ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17103648D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1450H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101939D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1450)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **13–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101939D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-02** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-20** Committee substitute agreed to 17103648D-H1
+- **2017-01-20** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1450H1
+- **2017-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-24** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 615 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2ee65b7-50f4-49b8-ab09-288213124106`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1451.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Social Services, Department of; survey for children aging out of foster care."
+description: "Directs the Department of Social Services, in coordination with the Commission on Youth, to develop a process and standardized survey to gather feedback from children aging out of foster care."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1451"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1451 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Peter F. Farrell"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2016-12-02"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/731845b7-7a3a-49a2-bd14-5aedb398c6cc"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1451"
+source_hash: "442e70a59ddc055c6caef3543acd774c60dbfe47451e97f735de6ba62b1896ef"
+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 HB 1451 (2017) — Social Services, Department of; survey for children aging out of foster care.
+
+Directs the Department of Social Services, in coordination with the Commission on Youth, to develop a process and standardized survey to gather feedback from children aging out of foster care.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0187)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0187)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1451ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1451ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100819D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1451)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Rules — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Peter F. Farrell — primary (person)
+- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100819D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-02** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-20** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 187 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/731845b7-7a3a-49a2-bd14-5aedb398c6cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1453.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Naloxone; dispensing for use in opioid overdose reversal, etc."
+description: "Allows a person who is authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to train individuals on the administration of naloxone for use in opioid overdose reversal and who is acting on behalf of an organization that provides services to individuals at risk of experiencing opioid overdose or training in the administration of naloxone for overdose reversal and that has obtained a controlled substances registration from the Board of Pharmacy pursuant to § 54.1-3423 to dispense naloxone to a person who has completed a training program on the administration of naloxone for opioid overdose reversal, provided that such dispensing is (i) pursuant to a standing order issued by a prescriber, (ii) in accordance with protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health, and (iii) without charge or compensation. The bill also provides that dispensing may occur at a site other than that of the controlled substance registration, provided that the entity possessing the controlled substance registration maintains records in accordance with regulations of the Board of Pharmacy. The bill further provides that a person who dispenses naloxone shall not be liable for civil damages of ordinary negligence for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment if he acts in good faith and that a person to whom naloxone has been dispensed pursuant to the provisions of the bill may possess naloxone and may administer naloxone to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1453"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1453 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Emergency Legislation", "Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dave A. LaRock"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-12-02"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b6cf8b2-ed3d-48e7-8f9c-226945138a9d"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1453"
+source_hash: "48278e4dc13b139a3b983d19f582ea7cf3b3d558fe53bb6b6f050b21beceba92"
+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 HB 1453 (2017) — Naloxone; dispensing for use in opioid overdose reversal, etc.
+
+Allows a person who is authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to train individuals on the administration of naloxone for use in opioid overdose reversal and who is acting on behalf of an organization that provides services to individuals at risk of experiencing opioid overdose or training in the administration of naloxone for overdose reversal and that has obtained a controlled substances registration from the Board of Pharmacy pursuant to § 54.1-3423 to dispense naloxone to a person who has completed a training program on the administration of naloxone for opioid overdose reversal, provided that such dispensing is (i) pursuant to a standing order issued by a prescriber, (ii) in accordance with protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health, and (iii) without charge or compensation. The bill also provides that dispensing may occur at a site other than that of the controlled substance registration, provided that the entity possessing the controlled substance registration maintains records in accordance with regulations of the Board of Pharmacy. The bill further provides that a person who dispenses naloxone shall not be liable for civil damages of ordinary negligence for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment if he acts in good faith and that a person to whom naloxone has been dispensed pursuant to the provisions of the bill may possess naloxone and may administer naloxone to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0168)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0168)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1453ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1453ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104396D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1453H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102196D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1453)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Rereferred from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dave A. LaRock — primary (person)
+- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
+- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
+- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher E. Collins — cosponsor (person)
+- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
+- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
+- James M. LeMunyon — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
+- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
+- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- John M. O'Bannon, III — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Scott Lingamfelter — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert G. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
+- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
+- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
+- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102196D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-02** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 17104396D-H1
+- **2017-01-30** Emergency clause added
+- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1453H1
+- **2017-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-06** Rereferred to Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 168 (effective 2/23/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b6cf8b2-ed3d-48e7-8f9c-226945138a9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1454.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "James River; designation portion a component of Scenic Rivers System."
+description: "Extends the scenic river designation of a portion of the James River located in Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties from 14 miles to 59 miles. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1454"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1454 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Conservation", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Waters of the State", "Ports and Harbors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-05"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02ebf447-52d0-4ff8-b9e7-29732a550419"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1454"
+source_hash: "782f4cd1324f1abc3c845e3b44542ec5f5290d1776d4472a84294073c91382a6"
+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 HB 1454 (2017) — James River; designation portion a component of Scenic Rivers System.
+
+Extends the scenic river designation of a portion of the James River located in Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties from 14 miles to 59 miles. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0149)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0149)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1454ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1454ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100630D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1454)
+4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105185D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1454S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105185D-S1 — **83–15** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **33–7** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **19–3** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **82–16** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
+- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100630D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-20** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-24** Read third time and passed House (82-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-07** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-08** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-09** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 17105185D-S1
+- **2017-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1454S1
+- **2017-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-13** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-14** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105185D-S1 (83-Y 15-N)
+- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 149 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02ebf447-52d0-4ff8-b9e7-29732a550419`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1455.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Real property tax; partial exemption for certain commercial and industrial structures."
+description: "Reduces from 20 years to 15 years the minimum age of a structure in a technology zone that is rehabilitated for commercial use that qualifies the rehabilitated structure for a partial exemption from real property taxes. Under current law, a 15-year age minimum applies only to structures located in an enterprise zone designated by the Commonwealth, and a 20-year age minimum applies in all other situations. The bill contains technical amendments."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1455"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1455 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Real Estate and Real Estate Tax", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-05"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b69ba7d-b1b2-47eb-b5a5-73e1343ff216"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1455"
+source_hash: "653a38d0ab77e736027960675d34da9d3508ba056fea3aa5904147961a6ddd0a"
+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 HB 1455 (2017) — Real property tax; partial exemption for certain commercial and industrial structures.
+
+Reduces from 20 years to 15 years the minimum age of a structure in a technology zone that is rehabilitated for commercial use that qualifies the rehabilitated structure for a partial exemption from real property taxes. Under current law, a 15-year age minimum applies only to structures located in an enterprise zone designated by the Commonwealth, and a 20-year age minimum applies in all other situations. The bill contains technical amendments.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0024)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1455ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1455ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101736D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1455)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101736D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1455E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance with amendments — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101736D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-05** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-11** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1455E
+- **2017-01-25** Printed as engrossed 17101736D-E
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
+- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 24 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b69ba7d-b1b2-47eb-b5a5-73e1343ff216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1456.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Custody and visitation orders; use of term parenting time."
+description: "Provides that the court, in its discretion and as to a parent, may use the phrase \"parenting time\" to be synonymous with the term \"visitation\" in a custody or visitation order."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1456"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1456 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Domestic Relations", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David B. Albo"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-05"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/976a3616-83e5-451e-9398-92e606987761"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1456"
+source_hash: "0f4676235e102929fa01289520b5d9510b9a015eb736db6770364d0981820e4c"
+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 HB 1456 (2017) — Custody and visitation orders; use of term parenting time.
+
+Provides that the court, in its discretion and as to a parent, may use the phrase "parenting time" to be synonymous with the term "visitation" in a custody or visitation order.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0046)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1456ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1456ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104323D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1456H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100855D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1456)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **37–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **10–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David B. Albo — primary (person)
+- T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100855D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Committee substitute agreed to 17104323D-H1
+- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1456H1
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
+- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 46 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/976a3616-83e5-451e-9398-92e606987761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1457.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Part-time deputy sheriffs; compensation."
+description: "Includes like rank and experience as a factor in setting the maximum allowable hourly equivalent compensation paid to part-time deputy sheriffs performing like duties of full-time deputy sheriffs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1457"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1457 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Police", "Sheriffs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Cole"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-05"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f9f8f1a-6d55-4634-b5a5-f838e353d36b"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1457"
+source_hash: "a7bbe06b42a8e5f17e1db57e6436a453f36e018c729827e3d6003416d5f5dc8d"
+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 HB 1457 (2017) — Part-time deputy sheriffs; compensation.
+
+Includes like rank and experience as a factor in setting the maximum allowable hourly equivalent compensation paid to part-time deputy sheriffs performing like duties of full-time deputy sheriffs.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0337)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0337)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1457ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1457ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101423D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1457)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Local Government — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark L. Cole — primary (person)
+- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
+- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
+- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101423D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-05** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 337 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f9f8f1a-6d55-4634-b5a5-f838e353d36b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1461.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Quantico, Town of; amending charter, removes certain town officers elected by town council."
+description: "Quantico, Town of; amending charter, removes certain town officers elected by town council."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1461"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1461 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Charters"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["L. Mark Dudenhefer"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-05"
+last_action: "2017-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03ed4039-721a-4a35-9aef-b228d9738925"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1461"
+source_hash: "d70364a6016536307920d29f38ec0f322636cfadc626464f2f7a5987142190b8"
+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 HB 1461 (2017) — Quantico, Town of; amending charter, removes certain town officers elected by town council.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0256)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0256)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1461ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1461ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100961D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1461)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Local Government — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- L. Mark Dudenhefer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100961D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-05** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 256 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03ed4039-721a-4a35-9aef-b228d9738925`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1463.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Delinquent taxes; publication of list by governing body or treasurer."
+description: "Authorizes the governing body of a locality and the treasurer to publish lists of certain local delinquent taxes whether or not they are based on information as it exists at the end of the fiscal year."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1463"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1463 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-06"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/044390a0-4ace-44d1-a6d0-52ac4446371e"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1463"
+source_hash: "8e044a5cb2ce9982eaa99308bd44ee4cfb3bb6833cde37110a139e9161f7e15b"
+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 HB 1463 (2017) — Delinquent taxes; publication of list by governing body or treasurer.
+
+Authorizes the governing body of a locality and the treasurer to publish lists of certain local delinquent taxes whether or not they are based on information as it exists at the end of the fiscal year.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0409)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0409)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1463ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1463ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104728D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1463H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100895D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1463)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House — **55–41** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **14–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance with substitute — **14–8** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **34–5** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100895D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-11** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17104728D-H1
+- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1463H1
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 41-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 409 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/044390a0-4ace-44d1-a6d0-52ac4446371e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1466.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concealed handgun permits; expiration notice."
+description: "Provides that if a clerk has an electronic system for the application for and issuance of concealed handgun permits and such system has the capability of sending electronic notices to a permit holder, the clerk shall send the permit holder an electronic email notice that the permit will expire at least 90 days prior to such expiration. The bill provides that such notice shall be sent only if the applicant provides his email or other electronic address on his permit application, which shall request but not require this information. The bill provides further that any failure to send or receive such notice does not extend the validity of the existing permit beyond its expiration date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1466"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1466 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Computer Services and Uses", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Weapons"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-07"
+last_action: "2017-02-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f891f10d-f954-49d7-91db-779dc8282a7b"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1466"
+source_hash: "910155f4eda72c03fb80ddc78f82e423073e50667f789f68dff7769dc54179da"
+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 HB 1466 (2017) — Concealed handgun permits; expiration notice.
+
+Provides that if a clerk has an electronic system for the application for and issuance of concealed handgun permits and such system has the capability of sending electronic notices to a permit holder, the clerk shall send the permit holder an electronic email notice that the permit will expire at least 90 days prior to such expiration. The bill provides that such notice shall be sent only if the applicant provides his email or other electronic address on his permit application, which shall request but not require this information. The bill provides further that any failure to send or receive such notice does not extend the validity of the existing permit beyond its expiration date.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0099)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1466ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1466ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104468D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1466H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101200D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1466)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House — **97–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — **18–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronald A. Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101200D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-07** Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-10** Assigned MPPS sub: #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-24** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Committee substitute agreed to 17104468D-H1
+- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1466H1
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 99 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f891f10d-f954-49d7-91db-779dc8282a7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1467.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Neonatal abstinence syndrome; Board of Health to adopt regulations to include as reportable disease."
+description: "Requires the Board of Health to adopt regulations to include neonatal abstinence syndrome on the list of diseases that shall be required to be reported. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1467"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1467 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thomas A. \"Tag\" Greason"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2016-12-08"
+last_action: "2017-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d089a0d-7d14-4e20-8bb6-28e221f5760b"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1467"
+source_hash: "3fba131e7cc2f7c627f210e57220d95d14e8dd3101c6ec50e48038a4b80c94c4"
+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 HB 1467 (2017) — Neonatal abstinence syndrome; Board of Health to adopt regulations to include as reportable disease.
+
+Requires the Board of Health to adopt regulations to include neonatal abstinence syndrome on the list of diseases that shall be required to be reported. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0280)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0280)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1467ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1467ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101158D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1467)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — primary (person)
+- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101158D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-19** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-02** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-03** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 280 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d089a0d-7d14-4e20-8bb6-28e221f5760b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1471.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Reinsurance credits; SCC authorized to adopt certain regulations."
+description: "Reinsurance credits; SCC authorized to adopt certain regulations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1471"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1471 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Insurance", "State Corporation Commission"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2016-12-12"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f60b76fc-0b4d-46d4-b3c7-9a2233ffd326"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1471"
+source_hash: "46dc9e838edab1886b5df7a4a7c5d1c5e29785bd6ea1db20353ca1785cbc6e67"
+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 HB 1471 (2017) — Reinsurance credits; SCC authorized to adopt certain regulations.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0477)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0477)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1471ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1471ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101533D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1471)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **13–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101533D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-16** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-17** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-18** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-19** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 477 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f60b76fc-0b4d-46d4-b3c7-9a2233ffd326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1472.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; prohibited contracts, exceptions."
+description: "Provides an exception to the prohibition against contracts between employing agencies and their officers or employees for contracts by an officer or employee of a soil and water conservation district or an immediate family member of such officer or employee to participate in a cost-share program for the installation of best management practices to improve water quality. The exception does not apply to subcontracts or other agreements entered into to provide services for implementation of a cost-share contract established under such program. The bill provides that the exception applies to all contracts entered into on and after July 1, 2017, and to any contract entered into by an officer or employee or an immediate family member of such officer or employee with a soil and water conservation district to participate in a cost-share program for the installation of best management practices to improve water quality prior to July 1, 2017. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1472"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1472 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Contracts", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Drainage", "Soil Conservation", "Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["L. Scott Lingamfelter"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-12"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a314958-07e7-4451-a2ce-17eee6f4442d"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1472"
+source_hash: "ea75cf9ca0579b3393aafa244de0da39ab248425a5ea41c7a15ae9a7aedd84b7"
+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 HB 1472 (2017) — Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; prohibited contracts, exceptions.
+
+Provides an exception to the prohibition against contracts between employing agencies and their officers or employees for contracts by an officer or employee of a soil and water conservation district or an immediate family member of such officer or employee to participate in a cost-share program for the installation of best management practices to improve water quality. The exception does not apply to subcontracts or other agreements entered into to provide services for implementation of a cost-share contract established under such program. The bill provides that the exception applies to all contracts entered into on and after July 1, 2017, and to any contract entered into by an officer or employee or an immediate family member of such officer or employee with a soil and water conservation district to participate in a cost-share program for the installation of best management practices to improve water quality prior to July 1, 2017. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0150)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0150)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1472ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1472ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100715D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1472)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17100715D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1472E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Rules — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- L. Scott Lingamfelter — primary (person)
+- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100715D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-11** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-20** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-01-20** Engrossed by House as amended HB1472E
+- **2017-01-20** Printed as engrossed 17100715D-E
+- **2017-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-24** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 150 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a314958-07e7-4451-a2ce-17eee6f4442d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1474.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Dental hygienist; remote supervision."
+description: "Eliminates the requirement that a dental hygienist providing dental hygiene services under remote supervision be employed by the supervising dentist; clarifies continuing education requirements for dental hygienists practicing under remote supervision; eliminates the requirement for written permission to treat a patient from a dentist who has treated the patient in the previous 12 months; and allows a dental hygienist practicing under remote supervision to treat a patient who provides verbal confirmation that he does not have a dentist of record whom he is seeing regularly. The bill eliminates the requirement that a dental hygienist practicing under remote supervision consult with the supervising dentist prior to providing further dental hygiene services if the patient is medically compromised or has periodontal disease and allows a dental hygienist practicing under remote supervision to provide further dental hygiene services in accordance with a written practice protocol developed and provided by the supervising dentist, which shall consider, at minimum, the medical complexity of the patient and the presenting signs and symptoms of oral disease. The bill requires a supervising dentist who conducts the examination of the patient or refers the patient to another dentist for examination following the 90-day period during which a dental hygienist is permitted to provide dental hygiene services under remote supervision to develop a diagnosis and treatment plan for the patient. The bill directs the Board of Dentistry to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the act within 280 days of its enactment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1474"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1474 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-13"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db697ab5-36c6-47e3-ae7d-20de071cd2f1"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1474"
+source_hash: "2d3622fbc001d47cf9aa9b04557a6d05cf18a2228e3357835c25de5ad03186a9"
+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 HB 1474 (2017) — Dental hygienist; remote supervision.
+
+Eliminates the requirement that a dental hygienist providing dental hygiene services under remote supervision be employed by the supervising dentist; clarifies continuing education requirements for dental hygienists practicing under remote supervision; eliminates the requirement for written permission to treat a patient from a dentist who has treated the patient in the previous 12 months; and allows a dental hygienist practicing under remote supervision to treat a patient who provides verbal confirmation that he does not have a dentist of record whom he is seeing regularly. The bill eliminates the requirement that a dental hygienist practicing under remote supervision consult with the supervising dentist prior to providing further dental hygiene services if the patient is medically compromised or has periodontal disease and allows a dental hygienist practicing under remote supervision to provide further dental hygiene services in accordance with a written practice protocol developed and provided by the supervising dentist, which shall consider, at minimum, the medical complexity of the patient and the presenting signs and symptoms of oral disease. The bill requires a supervising dentist who conducts the examination of the patient or refers the patient to another dentist for examination following the 90-day period during which a dental hygienist is permitted to provide dental hygiene services under remote supervision to develop a diagnosis and treatment plan for the patient. The bill directs the Board of Dentistry to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the act within 280 days of its enactment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0410)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0410)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1474ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1474ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100868D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1474)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100868D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-20** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2017-02-13** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-15** Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 410 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db697ab5-36c6-47e3-ae7d-20de071cd2f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1475.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Common Interest Community Board; information on covenants, association disclosure packets."
+description: "Requires the Common Interest Community Board to include in its current one-page form that accompanies association disclosure packets that are required to be provided to all prospective purchasers of lots located within a development that is subject to the Virginia Property Owners' Association Act that the purchase contract for a lot within an association is a legally binding document once it is signed by the prospective purchaser where the purchaser has not elected to cancel the purchase contract in accordance with law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1475"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1475 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-12-13"
+last_action: "2017-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23f2eeed-647e-48e0-9318-977dc94b9a08"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1475"
+source_hash: "4ac93de535168d3130e33263283e06262caf434a5aa96a5103f9ed70179a8478"
+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 HB 1475 (2017) — Common Interest Community Board; information on covenants, association disclosure packets.
+
+Requires the Common Interest Community Board to include in its current one-page form that accompanies association disclosure packets that are required to be provided to all prospective purchasers of lots located within a development that is subject to the Virginia Property Owners' Association Act that the purchase contract for a lot within an association is a legally binding document once it is signed by the prospective purchaser where the purchaser has not elected to cancel the purchase contract in accordance with law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0257)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0257)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1475ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1475ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104787D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1475H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101015D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1475)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101015D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-31** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 17104787D-H1
+- **2017-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1475H1
+- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 257 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23f2eeed-647e-48e0-9318-977dc94b9a08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1476.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Real property tax; special assessment for land preservation."
+description: "Prohibits any locality from requiring any taxpayer who is the lessor of real property to produce the lease for the purpose of determining whether the property is eligible for special assessment for land preservation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1476"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1476 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Conservation", "Real Estate and Real Estate Tax", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-12-13"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2bcfa83-09d4-4120-a870-7897ffdc7e58"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1476"
+source_hash: "ef8b3f11ab7859880a4a0708b40c5148cc454beb521be23612b5bc07fd1f60cc"
+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 HB 1476 (2017) — Real property tax; special assessment for land preservation.
+
+Prohibits any locality from requiring any taxpayer who is the lessor of real property to produce the lease for the purpose of determining whether the property is eligible for special assessment for land preservation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0025)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1476ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1476ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101225D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1476)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **37–3** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **20–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **93–6** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101225D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-11** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 6-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
+- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2bcfa83-09d4-4120-a870-7897ffdc7e58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1477.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cats and dogs; local government may, by ordinance, provide for lifetime licenses."
+description: "Authorizes the governing body of a county or city to provide for a lifetime dog or cat license. The bill removes the minimum annual tax for a dog or cat, sets the maximum tax for a lifetime license at $50, and limits the fee for a duplicate dog or cat tag to $1. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1477"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1477 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2016-12-13"
+last_action: "2017-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fc29ece-4bfa-426b-9c43-2376d6c6a81f"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1477"
+source_hash: "55355e7c7cfdb88601c639316b3bb63e0eed7e7f2555fbedbbe28f3eb4e91f17"
+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 HB 1477 (2017) — Cats and dogs; local government may, by ordinance, provide for lifetime licenses.
+
+Authorizes the governing body of a county or city to provide for a lifetime dog or cat license. The bill removes the minimum annual tax for a dog or cat, sets the maximum tax for a lifetime license at $50, and limits the fee for a duplicate dog or cat tag to $1. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0559)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0559)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1477ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1477ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101360D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1477)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101360D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1477E)
+5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105182D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1477S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Conference report agreed to by House — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate substitute rejected by House 17105182D-S1 — **0–100** (fail) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate insisted on substitute — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
+- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101360D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB1477E
+- **2017-01-27** Printed as engrossed 17101360D-E
+- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-07** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 17105182D-S1
+- **2017-02-07** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1477S1
+- **2017-02-09** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-09** Senate substitute rejected by House 17105182D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
+- **2017-02-13** Senate requested conference committee
+- **2017-02-14** House acceded to request
+- **2017-02-14** Conferees appointed by House
+- **2017-02-15** Conferees appointed by Senate
+- **2017-02-23** Amended by conference committee
+- **2017-02-23** Conference report agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 559 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fc29ece-4bfa-426b-9c43-2376d6c6a81f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1478.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Recordation tax; exempts deed of trust or mortgage given by utility consumer services cooperatives."
+description: "Exempts from recordation tax deeds of trust given by utility consumer services cooperatives. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1478"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1478 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Financial Institutions and Services", "Property and Conveyances", "Public Service Companies", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2016-12-13"
+last_action: "2017-02-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e9d9e93-9d7a-4fe3-800f-5619cacf484a"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1478"
+source_hash: "b10b1a8e3aaffe7ddea7b9d12b7f19a5025f1169f53b6a6dcb9e924d60b2a2d6"
+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 HB 1478 (2017) — Recordation tax; exempts deed of trust or mortgage given by utility consumer services cooperatives.
+
+Exempts from recordation tax deeds of trust given by utility consumer services cooperatives. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0103)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0103)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1478ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1478ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101448D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1478)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
+- Benjamin L. Cline — cosponsor (person)
+- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101448D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
+- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
+- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 103 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e9d9e93-9d7a-4fe3-800f-5619cacf484a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1479.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Attorney discipline; procedures."
+description: "Conforms the statutory procedures for disciplining attorneys to the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1479"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1479 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-13"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8628ff9-82d1-4d7e-a139-c4a77f2d7534"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1479"
+source_hash: "977b59e034f228e4cdfce5d3507b39aaa90fd08fa48f8e2d186200bf6dcce592"
+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 HB 1479 (2017) — Attorney discipline; procedures.
+
+Conforms the statutory procedures for disciplining attorneys to the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0040)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0040)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1479ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1479ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101076D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1479)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101076D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
+- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 40 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8628ff9-82d1-4d7e-a139-c4a77f2d7534`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1483.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "BHDS, Board of; regulations governing licensure of providers."
+description: "Requires the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend regulations to include (i) occupational therapists in the definitions of \"Qualified Mental Health Professional - Adult,\" \"Qualified Mental Health Professional - Child,\" and \"Qualified Mental Retardation Professional\" and (ii) occupational therapy assistants in the definition of \"Qualified Paraprofessional in Mental Health.\" In amending these definitions, the Board shall require educational and clinical experience for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants that is substantially equivalent to comparable professionals listed in the current regulations. The bill requires the Board to enact regulations to be effective within 280 days."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1483"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1483 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-13"
+last_action: "2017-02-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d643c70-b65e-4ef8-bf29-d2dc592b6f36"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1483"
+source_hash: "31cc46b33888a166411177a4e99cfd9611afea991f6fb34d1dc5d6fc9ecd0fdc"
+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 HB 1483 (2017) — BHDS, Board of; regulations governing licensure of providers.
+
+Requires the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend regulations to include (i) occupational therapists in the definitions of "Qualified Mental Health Professional - Adult," "Qualified Mental Health Professional - Child," and "Qualified Mental Retardation Professional" and (ii) occupational therapy assistants in the definition of "Qualified Paraprofessional in Mental Health." In amending these definitions, the Board shall require educational and clinical experience for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants that is substantially equivalent to comparable professionals listed in the current regulations. The bill requires the Board to enact regulations to be effective within 280 days.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0136)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0136)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1483ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1483ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104809D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1483H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102023D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1483)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102023D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 17104809D-H1
+- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1483H1
+- **2017-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 136 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d643c70-b65e-4ef8-bf29-d2dc592b6f36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1484.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Occupational therapists; Board of Medicine shall amend regulations governing licensure."
+description: "Directs the Board of Medicine to amend regulations governing licensure of occupational therapists to provide that Type 1 continuing learning activities that shall be completed by the practitioner prior to renewal of a license shall consist of an organized program of study, classroom experience, or similar educational experience that is related to a licensee's current or anticipated roles and responsibilities in occupational therapy and approved or provided by one of the following organizations or any of its components: the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association; the American Occupational Therapy Association; the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy; a local, state, or federal government agency; a regionally accredited college or university; or a health care organization accredited by a national accrediting organization granted authority by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to assure compliance with Medicare conditions of participation. Such regulations shall also provide that Type 1 continuing learning activities may also include an American Medical Association Category 1 Continuing Medical Education program. The bill further provides that the Board of Medicine shall not deem maintenance of any certification provided by such organization as sufficient to fulfill continuing learning requirements for occupational therapists."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1484"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1484 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-12-13"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d63c3c47-7b02-407c-80ec-43241553424a"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1484"
+source_hash: "0f2c09c72a3a3645cd647f35223c2898f769a65929aab3ff12e443fb120898de"
+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 HB 1484 (2017) — Occupational therapists; Board of Medicine shall amend regulations governing licensure.
+
+Directs the Board of Medicine to amend regulations governing licensure of occupational therapists to provide that Type 1 continuing learning activities that shall be completed by the practitioner prior to renewal of a license shall consist of an organized program of study, classroom experience, or similar educational experience that is related to a licensee's current or anticipated roles and responsibilities in occupational therapy and approved or provided by one of the following organizations or any of its components: the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association; the American Occupational Therapy Association; the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy; a local, state, or federal government agency; a regionally accredited college or university; or a health care organization accredited by a national accrediting organization granted authority by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to assure compliance with Medicare conditions of participation. Such regulations shall also provide that Type 1 continuing learning activities may also include an American Medical Association Category 1 Continuing Medical Education program. The bill further provides that the Board of Medicine shall not deem maintenance of any certification provided by such organization as sufficient to fulfill continuing learning requirements for occupational therapists.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0411)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0411)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1484ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1484ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17103433D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1484H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102024D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1484)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102024D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 17103433D-H1
+- **2017-01-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1484H1
+- **2017-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2017-02-13** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-15** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 411 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d63c3c47-7b02-407c-80ec-43241553424a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1485.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sexual offenses; prohibits person from proximity to children and working on school property."
+description: "Includes in the list of certain sex offenses that prohibit a person convicted of such offenses from being or residing in proximity to schools and certain other property where children congregate or from working on school property any offense similar to such offenses under the laws of any foreign country or political subdivision thereof or the United States or any political subdivision thereof. The prohibition regarding residing in proximity to a school that is predicated upon an offense similar to any offense under the laws of any foreign country or any political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any political subdivision thereof, only applies to residences established on and after July 1, 2017."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1485"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1485 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 12
+first_action: "2016-12-13"
+last_action: "2017-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21350ce1-8568-4637-8413-7365628322c2"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1485"
+source_hash: "42c83787e9573f56c94d44da5b741dee31a1752df17afe1e2de1ef32d86d7f5d"
+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 HB 1485 (2017) — Sexual offenses; prohibits person from proximity to children and working on school property.
+
+Includes in the list of certain sex offenses that prohibit a person convicted of such offenses from being or residing in proximity to schools and certain other property where children congregate or from working on school property any offense similar to such offenses under the laws of any foreign country or political subdivision thereof or the United States or any political subdivision thereof. The prohibition regarding residing in proximity to a school that is predicated upon an offense similar to any offense under the laws of any foreign country or any political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any political subdivision thereof, only applies to residences established on and after July 1, 2017.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0507)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1485ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1485ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105145D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1485H1)
+4. **House: Conference substitute printed 17105838D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1485H2)
+5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100554D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1485)
+6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105358D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1485S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Conference report agreed to by House — **93–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **95–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105358D-S1 — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate insisted on amendment — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance with amendment — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate amendment rejected by House — **0–96** (fail) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
+- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Scott Lingamfelter — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100554D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-01** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105145D-H1
+- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1485H1
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-17** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 17105358D-S1
+- **2017-02-17** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2017-02-17** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB1485S1
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105358D-S1 (95-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-21** Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
+- **2017-02-22** Senate requested conference committee
+- **2017-02-23** House acceded to request
+- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
+- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
+- **2017-02-24** Conference substitute printed 17105838D-H2
+- **2017-02-24** Amended by conference committee
+- **2017-02-24** Passed by temporarily
+- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 1-N)
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 507 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21350ce1-8568-4637-8413-7365628322c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1486.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Arts and cultural districts; districts may be created jointly by two or more localities."
+description: "Provides that arts and cultural districts may be created jointly by two or more localities. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1486"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1486 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Arts and Humanities", "Counties", "Cities and Towns"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David B. Albo"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-13"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf0c62c8-3804-425e-ade5-e91879be46fb"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1486"
+source_hash: "c94bf4caffcb8f866796bd836709aaadffe188878e61e9f65387e0a26c623e95"
+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 HB 1486 (2017) — Arts and cultural districts; districts may be created jointly by two or more localities.
+
+Provides that arts and cultural districts may be created jointly by two or more localities. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0373)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0373)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1486ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1486ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102012D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1486)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Local Government — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David B. Albo — primary (person)
+- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102012D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 373 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf0c62c8-3804-425e-ade5-e91879be46fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1490.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "School board members who are called to active duty; appointment of acting school board members."
+description: "Requires each school board member who is relieved from the duties of his office by reason of engaging in the war service of the United States when called forth by the Governor or being called to active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States to submit to the school board a list of names of suitable persons to perform the duties of such office as acting school board member during the period in which the regular school board member is engaged in such war service or active duty, in which case the school board is required to consider appointing and may appoint an acting school board member from such list of names. If the school board does not make an appointment from such list, the school board shall notify the submitting member in writing of the rationale for its decision. The bill provides that during such period, the acting school board member shall be vested with all the powers, authority, rights, and duties of the regular school board member for whom he is acting."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1490"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1490 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Armed Forces", "Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Robert G. Marshall"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-12-14"
+last_action: "2017-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d30e0fe-2f65-429b-a9b9-69af1d6918b1"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1490"
+source_hash: "1c93b70e4c4089fab90fe191b211f98c576bea41a138e1dc6b93f57c673adf19"
+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 HB 1490 (2017) — School board members who are called to active duty; appointment of acting school board members.
+
+Requires each school board member who is relieved from the duties of his office by reason of engaging in the war service of the United States when called forth by the Governor or being called to active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States to submit to the school board a list of names of suitable persons to perform the duties of such office as acting school board member during the period in which the regular school board member is engaged in such war service or active duty, in which case the school board is required to consider appointing and may appoint an acting school board member from such list of names. If the school board does not make an appointment from such list, the school board shall notify the submitting member in writing of the rationale for its decision. The bill provides that during such period, the acting school board member shall be vested with all the powers, authority, rights, and duties of the regular school board member for whom he is acting.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0508)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0508)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1490ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1490ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103235D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1490)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17103235D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1490E)
+5. **Senate: Floor substitute printed 17105730D-S1 (Newman)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1490S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Education and Health — **8–7** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education — **13–8** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105730D-S1 — **61–38** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **26–14** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **63–36** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Robert G. Marshall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103235D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-14** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Amendment by Delegate Davis agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1490E
+- **2017-01-25** Printed as engrossed 17103235D-E
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 36-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-21** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-22** Floor substitute printed 17105730D-S1 (Newman)
+- **2017-02-22** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-22** Substitute by Senator Newman agreed to 17105730D-S1
+- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB1490S1
+- **2017-02-23** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-23** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105730D-S1 (61-Y 38-N)
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 508 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d30e0fe-2f65-429b-a9b9-69af1d6918b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1492.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Child support orders; special needs trust or ABLE savings trust account."
+description: "Provides that, upon the request of either party, a court may order that support payments be made to a special needs trust or an ABLE savings trust account."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1492"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1492 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Domestic Relations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-15"
+last_action: "2017-02-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3732ddf7-e7f9-4e96-8443-a10609f895c3"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1492"
+source_hash: "568a3b93880598221bcba1128259e1a1a7876e57a9b0796e55398c7c6023b446"
+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 HB 1492 (2017) — Child support orders; special needs trust or ABLE savings trust account.
+
+Provides that, upon the request of either party, a court may order that support payments be made to a special needs trust or an ABLE savings trust account.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0095)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0095)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1492ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1492ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100235D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1492)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
+- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-15** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100235D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-15** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
+- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
+- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 95 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3732ddf7-e7f9-4e96-8443-a10609f895c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1493.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sales draft; definition, credit card offenses, penalty."
+description: "Includes within the definition of \"sales draft,\" with regard to offenses relating to credit cards, the electronic form evidencing a purchase of goods, services, or a thing of value. A person convicted of forgery of such a sales draft is guilty of a Class 5 felony."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1493"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1493 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Financial Institutions and Services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-15"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18054c4a-4cc2-4330-98d8-23e4b55f94e6"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1493"
+source_hash: "b9a8318d18fc8e51bac227ceca55ee5c26186efd21082b7138808ab7a01c65fe"
+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 HB 1493 (2017) — Sales draft; definition, credit card offenses, penalty.
+
+Includes within the definition of "sales draft," with regard to offenses relating to credit cards, the electronic form evidencing a purchase of goods, services, or a thing of value. A person convicted of forgery of such a sales draft is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0041)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1493ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1493ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100690D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1493)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-15** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100690D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-15** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
+- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 41 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18054c4a-4cc2-4330-98d8-23e4b55f94e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1494.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Driver's license; examination of drivers believed incompetent."
+description: "Requires the Medical Advisory Board for the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide guidance and recommendations to the Department regarding any case of a person determined to be incompetent pursuant to an examination by a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant and whose driver's license has been revoked if such person appeals the decision on the basis of medical evidence in the case."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1494"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1494 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-15"
+last_action: "2017-02-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5e7c8ee-ab05-4801-b621-b1bd90c2637b"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1494"
+source_hash: "c1a69a16f09b6e4153a8b5b97c4ce1d0f038ce9a3f9aa905ed389999b817698b"
+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 HB 1494 (2017) — Driver's license; examination of drivers believed incompetent.
+
+Requires the Medical Advisory Board for the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide guidance and recommendations to the Department regarding any case of a person determined to be incompetent pursuant to an examination by a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant and whose driver's license has been revoked if such person appeals the decision on the basis of medical evidence in the case.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0120)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1494ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1494ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104633D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1494H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100328D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1494)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Transportation — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-15** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100328D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-15** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 17104633D-H1
+- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1494H1
+- **2017-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 120 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5e7c8ee-ab05-4801-b621-b1bd90c2637b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1497.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Ophthalmic prescriptions; definitions, who may provide prescriptions, requirements."
+description: "Requires, for ophthalmic prescriptions written on or after July 1, 2017, that an ophthalmologist or optometrist establish a bona fide provider-patient relationship with a patient prior to prescribing spectacles, eyeglasses, lenses, or contact lenses, and sets out requirements for establishing such relationship, which includes options for examination of the patient either in person or through face-to-face interactive, two-way, real-time communication or store-and-forward technologies. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1497"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1497 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Peter F. Farrell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-15"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb0188fe-2fb9-44b3-8e7a-de64b613d03f"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1497"
+source_hash: "cff2ac1be7a8569ca0b0d7608bc8362e4fc54ee4ea32459c5a4967bbbdbf480c"
+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 HB 1497 (2017) — Ophthalmic prescriptions; definitions, who may provide prescriptions, requirements.
+
+Requires, for ophthalmic prescriptions written on or after July 1, 2017, that an ophthalmologist or optometrist establish a bona fide provider-patient relationship with a patient prior to prescribing spectacles, eyeglasses, lenses, or contact lenses, and sets out requirements for establishing such relationship, which includes options for examination of the patient either in person or through face-to-face interactive, two-way, real-time communication or store-and-forward technologies. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0169)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0169)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1497ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1497ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104155D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1497H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100532D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1497)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Peter F. Farrell — primary (person)
+- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
+- David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
+- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Riley E. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
+- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-15** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100532D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-15** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 17104155D-H1
+- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1497H1
+- **2017-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 169 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb0188fe-2fb9-44b3-8e7a-de64b613d03f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1500.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Budget Bill."
+description: "Budget Bill."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1500"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1500 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Appropriations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["S. Chris Jones"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 97
+vote_count: 56
+first_action: "2016-12-16"
+last_action: "2017-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bc3ea74-40c3-4456-9b39-bf0b7e897164"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1500"
+source_hash: "2245beaf56141a4e2220c7c242affcae5c4fa08662583a80408942360bb5125d"
+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 HB 1500 (2017) — Budget Bill.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0836)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://budget.lis.virginia.gov/bill/2017/1/HB1500/Chapter/)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1500ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://budget.lis.virginia.gov/bill/2017/1/HB1500/Enrolled/)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103276D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://budget.lis.virginia.gov/bill/2017/1/HB1500/Introduced/)
+4. **House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1500ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://budget.lis.virginia.gov/bill/2017/1/HB1500/Reenrolled/)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate with amendments — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 306 #13h agreed to — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 284 #1h agreed to — **70–28** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 6 #3h agreed to — **74–26** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 398 #4h agreed to — **69–30** (pass) · legislature
+- House rejected Governor's recommendation #23 — **30–70** (fail) · legislature
+- House rejected Governor's recommendation #10 — **31–69** (fail) · legislature
+- House rejected Governor's recommendation #27, Amendment #2 — **32–67** (fail) · legislature
+- Conference report agreed to by House — **96–1** (pass) · legislature
+- House rejected Governor's recommendation #7 — **34–64** (fail) · legislature
+- Amendment by Delegate Marshall, R.G. to Item 436 #1h agreed to — **82–13** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 106 #1h agreed to — **73–27** (pass) · legislature
+- House rejected Governor's recommendation #11 — **31–68** (fail) · legislature
+- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
+- House rejected Governor's recommendation #19 — **34–66** (fail) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 306 #17h agreed to — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 69 #1h agreed to — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 295 #2h agreed to — **66–33** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 116 #1h agreed to — **71–29** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 109 #1h agreed to — **98–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 106 #3h agreed to — **74–26** (pass) · legislature
+- House concurred in Governor's rec. #'s 1-4, 6, 13-15, 18, 20, 21, 24-26 — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- House rejected Governor's recommendation #12 — **24–75** (fail) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item C-26 #1h agreed to — **73–25** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 120 #1h agreed to — **69–31** (pass) · legislature
+- Motion for Special and Continuing Order — **89–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance with Senate amendments substituted for House amendments — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
+- House rejected Governor's recommendation #5 — **33–67** (fail) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 137 #3h agreed to — **68–30** (pass) · legislature
+- Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Simon to Item 4-6.07 #1h agreed to — **57–40** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
+- agreed to — **69–31** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 434 #2h agreed to — **96–3** (pass) · legislature
+- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- House rejected Governor's recommendation #17 — **34–66** (fail) · legislature
+- House rejected Governor's recommendation #22 — **24–76** (fail) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 69 #1h agreed to — **91–7** (pass) · legislature
+- House rejected Governor's recommendation #9 — **33–67** (fail) · legislature
+- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #27 Amendments 1 and 3 — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate insisted on amendments — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
+- House concurred in Governor's recommendation #27, Amendments 1 and 3 — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate amendments rejected by House — **0–95** (fail) · legislature
+- Amendment by Delegate Campbell to Item 326 #2h agreed to — **91–5** (pass) · legislature
+- Uncontested committee amendments agreed to — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 306 #1h agreed to — **63–33** (pass) · legislature
+- House rejected Governor's recommendation #16 — **35–64** (fail) · legislature
+- Reported from Appropriations with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 306 #2h agreed to — **66–33** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 139 #2h agreed to — **79–18** (pass) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 436 #1h agreed to — **73–25** (pass) · legislature
+- House rejected Governor's recommendation #8 — **32–68** (fail) · legislature
+- Contested committee amendment Item 75 #1h agreed to — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #'s 1,2,4,6,13-15,18,20,21,24-26 — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Amendment by Delegate Marshall, R.G. to Item 4-5.04 #1h agreed to — **60–34** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- S. Chris Jones — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-16** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103276D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-07** Budget amendments available
+- **2017-02-08** Motion for Special and Continuing Order (89-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-08** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-09** Uncontested committee amendments agreed to (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 6 #3h agreed to (74-Y 26-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 69 #1h agreed to (91-Y 7-N 1-A)
+- **2017-02-09** Committee amendment to Item 69 #1h reconsidered
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 69 #1h agreed to (99-Y 0-N 1-A)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 75 #1h agreed to (96-Y 0-N 1-A)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 106 #1h agreed to (73-Y 27-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 106 #3h agreed to (74-Y 26-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 109 #1h agreed to (98-Y 1-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 116 #1h agreed to (71-Y 29-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 120 #1h agreed to (69-Y 31-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 137 #3h agreed to (68-Y 30-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendments Item 138 #8h, Item 144 #1h and Item 213 #3h
+- **2017-02-09** agreed to (69-Y 31-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 139 #2h agreed to (79-Y 18-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 284 #1h agreed to (70-Y 28-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 295 #2h agreed to (66-Y 33-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 306 #1h agreed to (63-Y 33-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 306 #2h agreed to (66-Y 33-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 306 #13h agreed to (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 306 #17h agreed to (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 398 #4h agreed to (69-Y 30-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 434 #2h agreed to (96-Y 3-N 1-A)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 436 #1h agreed to (73-Y 25-N 1-A)
+- **2017-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item C-26 #1h agreed to (73-Y 25-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Simon to Item 1 #1h agreed to
+- **2017-02-09** Amendment by Delegate Simon to Item 40 #1h withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-02-09** Amendment by Delegate Marshall, R.G. to Item 59 #1h withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-02-09** Amendment by Delegate Simon to Item 139 #1h withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-02-09** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Lopez to Item 297 #1h agreed to
+- **2017-02-09** Amendment by Delegate Lopez to Item 297 #2h withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-02-09** Amendment by Delegate Campbell to Item 326 #1h withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-02-09** Amendment by Delegate Campbell to Item 326 #2h agreed to (91-Y 5-N) `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-02-09** Amendment by Delegate Murphy to Item 342 #1h withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-02-09** Amendment by Delegate Marshall, R.G. to Item 436 #1h agreed to (82-Y 13-N) `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-02-09** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Kory to Item 474 #1h agreed to
+- **2017-02-09** Amendment by Delegate Toscano to Item 4-.01 #1h withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-02-09** Amendment by Delegate Marshall, R.G. to Item 4-1.02 #1h withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-02-09** Amendment by Delegate Marshall, R.G. to Item 4-5.04 #1h agreed to (60-Y 34-N) `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-02-09** Amendment by Delegate Marshall, R.G. Item 4-5.04 #2h withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-02-09** Amendment by Delegate Marshall, R.G. Item 4-5.04 #3h withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-02-09** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Simon to Item 4-6.07 #1h agreed to (57-Y 40-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Engrossed by House as amended
+- **2017-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (99-Y 1-N)
+- **2017-02-09** Passed House (98-Y 2-N) `passage`
+- **2017-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-10** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2017-02-15** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-15** Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)
+- **2017-02-15** Senate requested conference committee
+- **2017-02-15** House acceded to request
+- **2017-02-15** Conferees appointed by House
+- **2017-02-15** Conferees appointed by Senate
+- **2017-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N)
+- **2017-03-16** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-16** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-16** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/17/17
+- **2017-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-04-05** House concurred in Governor's rec. #'s 1-4, 6, 13-15, 18, 20, 21, 24-26 (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-04-05** House rejected Governor's recommendation #5 (33-Y 67-N)
+- **2017-04-05** House rejected Governor's recommendation #7 (34-Y 64-N 2-A)
+- **2017-04-05** House rejected Governor's recommendation #8 (32-Y 68-N)
+- **2017-04-05** House rejected Governor's recommendation #9 (33-Y 67-N)
+- **2017-04-05** House rejected Governor's recommendation #10 (31-Y 69-N)
+- **2017-04-05** House rejected Governor's recommendation #11 (31-Y 68-N)
+- **2017-04-05** House rejected Governor's recommendation #12 (24-Y 75-N)
+- **2017-04-05** House rejected Governor's recommendation #16 (35-Y 64-N)
+- **2017-04-05** House rejected Governor's recommendation #17 (34-Y 66-N)
+- **2017-04-05** House rejected Governor's recommendation #19 (34-Y 66-N)
+- **2017-04-05** House rejected Governor's recommendation #22 (24-Y 76-N)
+- **2017-04-05** House rejected Governor's recommendation #23 (30-Y 70-N)
+- **2017-04-05** House concurred in Governor's recommendation #27, Amendments 1 and 3 (97-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-04-05** House rejected Governor's recommendation #27, Amendment #2 (32-Y 67-N)
+- **2017-04-05** Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
+- **2017-04-05** Reenrolled
+- **2017-04-05** Reenrolled bill text (HB1500ER2)
+- **2017-04-05** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
+- **2017-04-05** Signed by President as reenrolled
+- **2017-04-05** Communicated to Governor
+- **2017-04-05** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 5, 2017
+- **2017-04-28** Governor Vetoed Line Items: 125, pg.94; 144, pg.154; 306, pg.280; 306, pg.286;
+- **2017-04-28** (vetoed items continued) 436, pgs.399 - 404; and 476, pg.447
+- **2017-04-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 836 (effective 4/28/17) `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-03** Items Vetoed ruled not proper: paragraph JJJ.4 of Item 306 and Item 436
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bc3ea74-40c3-4456-9b39-bf0b7e897164`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1504.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Driver's license or learner's permit; issuance, minimum standards for vision tests."
+description: "Increases the minimum visual acuity an applicant must possess for issuance of a driver's license or learner's permit from a field of 100 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes to a field of 110 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1504"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1504 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-19"
+last_action: "2017-02-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3306943-76b1-4738-87d8-715db348f7e6"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1504"
+source_hash: "4b9bf58805f5f863c2cf53b250e11a9f68bb9eccc5169a87a1b871e43f7e5260"
+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 HB 1504 (2017) — Driver's license or learner's permit; issuance, minimum standards for vision tests.
+
+Increases the minimum visual acuity an applicant must possess for issuance of a driver's license or learner's permit from a field of 100 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes to a field of 110 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0121)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0121)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1504ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1504ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103046D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1504)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17103046D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1504E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Transportation — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Transportation with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103046D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-19** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-30** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB1504E
+- **2017-01-30** Printed as engrossed 17103046D-E
+- **2017-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 121 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3306943-76b1-4738-87d8-715db348f7e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1505.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Perpetual care trust funds; method of distribution."
+description: "Allows cemetery companies to request the trustee of a perpetual care trust fund to elect a total return distribution method for distributions from the trust. The bill provides that a total return distribution method allows the distribution of an amount not to exceed five percent of the fair market value of the perpetual care trust fund at the close of its preceding fiscal year. The bill contains notice and reporting requirements for the election and implementation of this method to the trustee, Cemetery Board, and commissioner of accounts. The bill sets forth requirements that a trustee using such method must meet, including adoption of a written investment and distribution policy, responsible investment decision making, and monitoring of the trust's fair market value. The bill prohibits a trustee from making distributions from the trust under the total return distribution method if (i) the fair market value of the trust after the distribution would be less than the aggregate of 80 percent of the fair market value of the trust at the close of the preceding fiscal year plus the total contributions made to the trust principal from such date to the date that the method of distribution is elected or (ii) beginning with the third year of using a total return distribution method, a three-year analysis of investment returns and distribution practices indicates insufficient protection of the trust principal. The bill requires the Cemetery Board to review conversions of perpetual care trust fund distribution methods for compliance with the requirements of the bill and allows the Cemetery Board to limit or prohibit conversions to and distributions under the total return distribution method under certain circumstances, including where the trustee or investment manager is without sufficient knowledge and expertise regarding implementation of this method. Under current law, a trustee of a perpetual care trust fund may make distributions only from the trust's net income and, absent approval by the Cemetery Board or a court, the trust principal may be used only for investment purposes. The bill refers to this method as the \"net income distribution method\" and establishes this as the default distribution method in the event that a cemetery company does not elect a distribution method. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1505"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1505 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["T. Scott Garrett"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-12-19"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/761ff6e8-5807-4a86-8410-e8366b011fbe"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1505"
+source_hash: "c2aad7e9b4b6164df8d2a2dce0ed1dca94d433a4fef02007bce19a2d1eb74436"
+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 HB 1505 (2017) — Perpetual care trust funds; method of distribution.
+
+Allows cemetery companies to request the trustee of a perpetual care trust fund to elect a total return distribution method for distributions from the trust. The bill provides that a total return distribution method allows the distribution of an amount not to exceed five percent of the fair market value of the perpetual care trust fund at the close of its preceding fiscal year. The bill contains notice and reporting requirements for the election and implementation of this method to the trustee, Cemetery Board, and commissioner of accounts. The bill sets forth requirements that a trustee using such method must meet, including adoption of a written investment and distribution policy, responsible investment decision making, and monitoring of the trust's fair market value. The bill prohibits a trustee from making distributions from the trust under the total return distribution method if (i) the fair market value of the trust after the distribution would be less than the aggregate of 80 percent of the fair market value of the trust at the close of the preceding fiscal year plus the total contributions made to the trust principal from such date to the date that the method of distribution is elected or (ii) beginning with the third year of using a total return distribution method, a three-year analysis of investment returns and distribution practices indicates insufficient protection of the trust principal. The bill requires the Cemetery Board to review conversions of perpetual care trust fund distribution methods for compliance with the requirements of the bill and allows the Cemetery Board to limit or prohibit conversions to and distributions under the total return distribution method under certain circumstances, including where the trustee or investment manager is without sufficient knowledge and expertise regarding implementation of this method. Under current law, a trustee of a perpetual care trust fund may make distributions only from the trust's net income and, absent approval by the Cemetery Board or a court, the trust principal may be used only for investment purposes. The bill refers to this method as the "net income distribution method" and establishes this as the default distribution method in the event that a cemetery company does not elect a distribution method. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0012)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0012)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1505ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1505ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101195D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1505)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Rereferred from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101195D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-19** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-20** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-27** Rereferred to General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
+- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 12 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/761ff6e8-5807-4a86-8410-e8366b011fbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1508.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Critical incident reports; DBHDS to provide written report."
+description: "Requires the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide a written report setting forth the known facts of serious injuries or deaths of individuals receiving services in programs operated or licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to the Director of the Commonwealth's designated protection and advocacy system within 15 working days of the serious injury or death. Currently, reports are required only for critical incidents or deaths occurring at facilities operated by the Department. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1508"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1508 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 11
+first_action: "2016-12-19"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a6f55e3-3327-4509-9131-cf31738c5b1c"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1508"
+source_hash: "0ffbacf0f04f964089e04e54e5992358b7b4597e998cf4cf81b173bf4fc7d25d"
+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 HB 1508 (2017) — Critical incident reports; DBHDS to provide written report.
+
+Requires the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide a written report setting forth the known facts of serious injuries or deaths of individuals receiving services in programs operated or licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to the Director of the Commonwealth's designated protection and advocacy system within 15 working days of the serious injury or death. Currently, reports are required only for critical incidents or deaths occurring at facilities operated by the Department. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0455)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0455)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1508ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1508ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101839D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1508)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101839D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1508E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Appropriations — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101839D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-19** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-02** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB1508E
+- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17101839D-E
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2017-02-20** Amendment by Senator Favola agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 455 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a6f55e3-3327-4509-9131-cf31738c5b1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1509.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Mineral mines reclamation; bonds and liens."
+description: "Increases, from a range of $200 to $1,000 per acre to a fixed amount of $3,000 per acre, the mandatory bond amount furnished by operators on mining land. The bill increases the minimum size of the Minerals Reclamation Fund from $250,000 to $2 million. The bill also grants the Commonwealth a lien on property owned by the operator and reclaimed by the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and sets out the process by which the Director shall perfect or waive the lien."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1509"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1509 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Mines and Mining"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-20"
+last_action: "2017-02-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd7cdab7-7414-40fd-b12a-01ee1fc260a5"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1509"
+source_hash: "36522801a6384b00e7f4bcc8e509501fc8af1a5228f4b442f8f6d85617776c18"
+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 HB 1509 (2017) — Mineral mines reclamation; bonds and liens.
+
+Increases, from a range of $200 to $1,000 per acre to a fixed amount of $3,000 per acre, the mandatory bond amount furnished by operators on mining land. The bill increases the minimum size of the Minerals Reclamation Fund from $250,000 to $2 million. The bill also grants the Commonwealth a lien on property owned by the operator and reclaimed by the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and sets out the process by which the Director shall perfect or waive the lien.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0004)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1509ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1509ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101267D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1509)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101267D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1509E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — **20–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **88–10** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101267D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-20** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB1509E
+- **2017-01-27** Printed as engrossed 17101267D-E
+- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House (88-Y 10-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-08** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-08** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/9/17
+- **2017-02-09** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 16, 2017
+- **2017-02-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd7cdab7-7414-40fd-b12a-01ee1fc260a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1512.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Higher educational institutions, public; academic credit for American Sign Language courses."
+description: "Requires each public institution of higher education to develop policies for counting credit received for successful completion of foreign language courses, including American Sign Language courses, either in a secondary school or another institution of higher education toward satisfaction of the foreign language entrance, placement, and course credit requirements of the public institution of higher education. The bill requires each public institution of higher education to count credit received for successful completion of American Sign Language courses at the institution toward satisfaction of its foreign language course credit requirements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1512"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1512 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-12-20"
+last_action: "2017-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e857d695-c06b-48b7-b9dd-066dfa21f24b"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1512"
+source_hash: "d5a3cfd852617d5f9210b8c0fb7e51e0e1773ee2f3b7d712e61fcf2bafb9a417"
+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 HB 1512 (2017) — Higher educational institutions, public; academic credit for American Sign Language courses.
+
+Requires each public institution of higher education to develop policies for counting credit received for successful completion of foreign language courses, including American Sign Language courses, either in a secondary school or another institution of higher education toward satisfaction of the foreign language entrance, placement, and course credit requirements of the public institution of higher education. The bill requires each public institution of higher education to count credit received for successful completion of American Sign Language courses at the institution toward satisfaction of its foreign language course credit requirements.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0292)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0292)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1512ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1512ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104315D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1512H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102772D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1512)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **4–3** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendments — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102772D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-20** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 17104315D-H1
+- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1512H1
+- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2017-02-13** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-15** Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 292 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e857d695-c06b-48b7-b9dd-066dfa21f24b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1514.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Doctor of medicine, etc.; reporting disabilities of drivers to DMV, not subject to civil liability."
+description: "Provides that any doctor of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, or podiatry or any nurse practitioner, physician assistant, optometrist, physical therapist, or clinical psychologist who reports to the Department of Motor Vehicles the existence, or probable existence, of a mental or physical disability or infirmity of any person licensed to operate a motor vehicle that the reporting individual believes affects such person's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely is not subject to civil liability or deemed to have violated the practitioner-patient privilege unless he has acted in bad faith or with malicious intent. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1514"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1514 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health", "Motor Vehicles", "Persons with Disabilities", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-12-21"
+last_action: "2017-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c531459a-22e5-497c-b71f-5fefb21a96f7"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1514"
+source_hash: "7606de375bf9c7e5884cf7593599b0b5d41ea665d2845e0d7bdc105e104c1f1e"
+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 HB 1514 (2017) — Doctor of medicine, etc.; reporting disabilities of drivers to DMV, not subject to civil liability.
+
+Provides that any doctor of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, or podiatry or any nurse practitioner, physician assistant, optometrist, physical therapist, or clinical psychologist who reports to the Department of Motor Vehicles the existence, or probable existence, of a mental or physical disability or infirmity of any person licensed to operate a motor vehicle that the reporting individual believes affects such person's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely is not subject to civil liability or deemed to have violated the practitioner-patient privilege unless he has acted in bad faith or with malicious intent. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0712)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1514ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1514ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104297D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1514H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103034D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1514)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **37–3** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **11–4** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Rereferred from Courts of Justice — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-21** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103034D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-21** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 17104297D-H1
+- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1514H1
+- **2017-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Rereferred to Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 712 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c531459a-22e5-497c-b71f-5fefb21a96f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1515.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Circuit court clerks; electronic transfer of certain documents."
+description: "Permits circuit court clerks to transfer electronically, or provide electronic access to, documents related to certain real property information to certain public officials."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1515"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1515 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Computer Services and Uses", "Courts of Record", "Taxation", "Wills", "Trusts", "and Fiduciaries"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-22"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e37cb43f-978e-4e47-9d37-0fdf0bdab945"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1515"
+source_hash: "fde6d0a31e58ccb94e556f63cd10c3d76786c9b90b4236ce8c6aa46145400e35"
+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 HB 1515 (2017) — Circuit court clerks; electronic transfer of certain documents.
+
+Permits circuit court clerks to transfer electronically, or provide electronic access to, documents related to certain real property information to certain public officials.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0042)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1515ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1515ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101620D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1515)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101620D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1515E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101620D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-22** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1515E
+- **2017-01-25** Printed as engrossed 17101620D-E
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
+- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 42 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e37cb43f-978e-4e47-9d37-0fdf0bdab945`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1516.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Surviving spouse's elective share; homestead allowance benefit."
+description: "Provides that if a surviving spouse of a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2017, claims and receives an elective share, the homestead allowance available to the spouse shall be in addition to any benefit or elective share passing to such surviving spouse. The bill provides consistency with other provisions of Article 1.1 (§ 64.2-308.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 64.2, which governs the elective share of the surviving spouse of a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2017, which was enacted in 2016. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1516"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1516 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Emergency Legislation", "Wills", "Trusts", "and Fiduciaries"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-22"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9d88440-377e-40cd-869b-79145571f89b"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1516"
+source_hash: "a98894bec0cf5851a183db7cf948d9f300a77ed0510c82d679cfb2ebdd90840c"
+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 HB 1516 (2017) — Surviving spouse's elective share; homestead allowance benefit.
+
+Provides that if a surviving spouse of a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2017, claims and receives an elective share, the homestead allowance available to the spouse shall be in addition to any benefit or elective share passing to such surviving spouse. The bill provides consistency with other provisions of Article 1.1 (§ 64.2-308.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 64.2, which governs the elective share of the surviving spouse of a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2017, which was enacted in 2016. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0032)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0032)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1516ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1516ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17100816D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1516)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17100816D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-22** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
+- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 32 (effective 2/17/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9d88440-377e-40cd-869b-79145571f89b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1517.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sandbridge Beach; general permit for sand Subdivision."
+description: "Authorizes the Virginia Beach Wetlands Board to adopt a General Permit for Sand Management and Placement Profiles for properties in the Sandbridge Beach Subdivision of Virginia Beach and authorizes the Norfolk Wetlands Board to adopt such a permit for properties in the City of Norfolk. The bill requires the General Permit and Placement Profiles to include the permissible cost-effective sand management practices that property owners shall implement to protect and enhance the value of their property and to protect coastal primary sand dunes and public beaches. Any sand that is to be removed by the owner from his property must be judged to be \"clean beach\" sand prior to being transferred and placed in a spreading zone location."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1517"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1517 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters", "Waters of the State", "Ports and Harbors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-12-22"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a83a9a6-d0cc-4c49-9c40-ddde772ee390"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1517"
+source_hash: "2d75862bae4c1a73a43c53f140ec3ca816f515315891c28ec9bd9b2b13bee458"
+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 HB 1517 (2017) — Sandbridge Beach; general permit for sand Subdivision.
+
+Authorizes the Virginia Beach Wetlands Board to adopt a General Permit for Sand Management and Placement Profiles for properties in the Sandbridge Beach Subdivision of Virginia Beach and authorizes the Norfolk Wetlands Board to adopt such a permit for properties in the City of Norfolk. The bill requires the General Permit and Placement Profiles to include the permissible cost-effective sand management practices that property owners shall implement to protect and enhance the value of their property and to protect coastal primary sand dunes and public beaches. Any sand that is to be removed by the owner from his property must be judged to be "clean beach" sand prior to being transferred and placed in a spreading zone location.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0338)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0338)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1517ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1517ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17103888D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1517H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100599D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1517)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
+- Frank W. Wagner — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100599D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-22** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 17103888D-H1
+- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1517H1
+- **2017-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 338 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a83a9a6-d0cc-4c49-9c40-ddde772ee390`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1518.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sales and use tax; automotive repair supplies."
+description: "Sales and use tax; automotive repair supplies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1518"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1518 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Sales and Use Tax", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-22"
+last_action: "2017-02-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9291ba22-9a3b-4d84-852d-2d0eb38a4adc"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1518"
+source_hash: "b3abbd18763d6d6a157b81454ac6bf431ddeae73746c1bdae189460a4ddd70a9"
+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 HB 1518 (2017) — Sales and use tax; automotive repair supplies.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0104)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0104)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1518ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1518ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101079D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1518)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Finance — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101079D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-22** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-17** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-14** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-14** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
+- **2017-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
+- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 104 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9291ba22-9a3b-4d84-852d-2d0eb38a4adc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1519.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Overweight permits; hauling Virginia-grown farm produce, validity."
+description: "Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue overweight permits that are valid statewide for vehicles hauling Virginia-grown farm produce from the point of origin to the first place of delivery. Under current law, such permits are valid only in Accomack and Northampton Counties."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1519"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1519 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food", "Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-12-22"
+last_action: "2017-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0849235-a60d-4577-95e9-2d943f2cdabf"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1519"
+source_hash: "ca9b8a38be3a56858049633b47214cc163de78d097779c5602f63548a656c5d8"
+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 HB 1519 (2017) — Overweight permits; hauling Virginia-grown farm produce, validity.
+
+Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue overweight permits that are valid statewide for vehicles hauling Virginia-grown farm produce from the point of origin to the first place of delivery. Under current law, such permits are valid only in Accomack and Northampton Counties.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0693)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1519ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1519ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105046D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1519H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101088D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1519)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Transportation — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
+- Les R. Adams — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101088D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-22** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105046D-H1
+- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1519H1
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 693 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0849235-a60d-4577-95e9-2d943f2cdabf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1520.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Reformulated gasoline; sale for farm use."
+description: "Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to seek an exemption from the federal reformulated gasoline (RFG) program for conventional, ethanol-free gasoline sold and delivered for use in farm motor vehicles. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1520"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1520 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food", "Motor Fuels", "Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2016-12-22"
+last_action: "2017-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b12f290-3c8b-480b-9a9a-8c7bafa65ebe"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1520"
+source_hash: "5f4708a29aabebea5a98f3c5eb0fdb9704df63e855888cf6337351fd501adc34"
+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 HB 1520 (2017) — Reformulated gasoline; sale for farm use.
+
+Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to seek an exemption from the federal reformulated gasoline (RFG) program for conventional, ethanol-free gasoline sold and delivered for use in farm motor vehicles. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0526)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0526)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1520ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1520ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104672D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1520H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101137D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1520)
+5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105183D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1520S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate insisted on substitute — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Conference report agreed to by House — **93–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate substitute rejected by House 17105183D-S1 — **0–100** (fail) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101137D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-22** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 17104672D-H1
+- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1520H1
+- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-07** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 17105183D-S1
+- **2017-02-07** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1520S1
+- **2017-02-09** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-09** Senate substitute rejected by House 17105183D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
+- **2017-02-13** Senate requested conference committee
+- **2017-02-14** House acceded to request
+- **2017-02-14** Conferees appointed by House
+- **2017-02-15** Conferees appointed by Senate
+- **2017-02-24** Amended by conference committee
+- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 526 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b12f290-3c8b-480b-9a9a-8c7bafa65ebe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1521.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law; emergency."
+description: "Advances conformity with the federal tax code to December 31, 2016. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1521"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1521 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Emergency Legislation", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2016-12-22"
+last_action: "2017-02-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7de97ede-57b1-42e2-84a7-0ad7df3f8b17"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1521"
+source_hash: "c8f68c8507ef70952d54ce57567813fb129318e5c566e4ed77280590d985c0ac"
+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 HB 1521 (2017) — Commonwealth's tax code; conformity with federal law; emergency.
+
+Advances conformity with the federal tax code to December 31, 2016. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0001)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0001)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1521ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1521ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101386D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1521)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Finance — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101386D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-22** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-17** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-18** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-19** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-27** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-01-30** Enrolled
+- **2017-01-30** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-01-30** Signed by President
+- **2017-01-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 1/31/17
+- **2017-01-31** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 7, 2017
+- **2017-02-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1 (effective 2/3/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7de97ede-57b1-42e2-84a7-0ad7df3f8b17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1524.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Special conservators of the peace; liability insurance, etc."
+description: "Requires that each person registered as or seeking registration as a special conservator of the peace be covered by a policy of (i) personal injury liability insurance, (ii) property damage liability insurance, and (iii) miscellaneous casualty insurance that includes professional liability insurance that provides coverage for any activity within the scope of the duties of a special conservator of the peace, in an amount and with coverage for each as fixed by the Criminal Justice Services Board."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1524"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1524 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["L. Scott Lingamfelter"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2016-12-23"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b74e9b2-6ed0-4083-b3cd-6e0324d04102"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1524"
+source_hash: "5a83e6f10ceb6c02ccb1c91659ecc4f4909aedbada75762b560ddedf66d0ec03"
+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 HB 1524 (2017) — Special conservators of the peace; liability insurance, etc.
+
+Requires that each person registered as or seeking registration as a special conservator of the peace be covered by a policy of (i) personal injury liability insurance, (ii) property damage liability insurance, and (iii) miscellaneous casualty insurance that includes professional liability insurance that provides coverage for any activity within the scope of the duties of a special conservator of the peace, in an amount and with coverage for each as fixed by the Criminal Justice Services Board.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0494)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0494)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1524ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1524ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104673D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1524H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102373D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1524)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **18–3** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **76–18** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **75–22** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- L. Scott Lingamfelter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102373D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-23** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 17104673D-H1
+- **2017-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1524H1
+- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House (76-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2017-02-20** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (75-Y 22-N)
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 494 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b74e9b2-6ed0-4083-b3cd-6e0324d04102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1529.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Temporary exemption periods from retail sales and use taxes for qualifying items; sunset dates."
+description: "Extends from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2022, the sunset dates for the sales tax holiday periods for school supplies and clothing, Energy Star and WaterSense products, and hurricane preparedness products. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1529"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1529 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Sales and Use Tax", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeion A. Ward"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-27"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc10e4d8-52c7-4990-9ea7-7d30e74643c8"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1529"
+source_hash: "bdf4417babcbaeabaec30f52200d7a2fa1f6f2943a7f112ff1d18a37758c4fea"
+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 HB 1529 (2017) — Temporary exemption periods from retail sales and use taxes for qualifying items; sunset dates.
+
+Extends from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2022, the sunset dates for the sales tax holiday periods for school supplies and clothing, Energy Star and WaterSense products, and hurricane preparedness products. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0026)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0026)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1529ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1529ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102175D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1529)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)
+- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102175D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
+- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 26 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc10e4d8-52c7-4990-9ea7-7d30e74643c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1537.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Active duty service; contract termination."
+description: "Authorizes any member of the United States Armed Forces or Virginia National Guard who receives military orders to relocate for a period of service of at least 90 days, his spouse, or his dependent, at any time prior to the conclusion of his period of service, to terminate contracts for certain services. The bill provides that violation of these provisions is a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1537"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1537 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Armed Forces", "Military and Emergency Laws"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Cole"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-12-27"
+last_action: "2017-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaeb8be2-b911-4be0-84d5-88b5158fb533"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1537"
+source_hash: "ce6d35e6bfa02435db4a8923eca60e3ecae0ef5fc9fe68d4dfabac6aa1e9b935"
+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 HB 1537 (2017) — Active duty service; contract termination.
+
+Authorizes any member of the United States Armed Forces or Virginia National Guard who receives military orders to relocate for a period of service of at least 90 days, his spouse, or his dependent, at any time prior to the conclusion of his period of service, to terminate contracts for certain services. The bill provides that violation of these provisions is a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0293)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1537ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1537ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104480D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1537H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102849D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1537)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark L. Cole — primary (person)
+- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
+- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
+- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102849D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-10** Assigned MPPS sub: #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 17104480D-H1
+- **2017-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1537H1
+- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 293 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaeb8be2-b911-4be0-84d5-88b5158fb533`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1538.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revision and recodification of Title 23; corrections."
+description: "Corrects typographical errors and makes other technical amendments relating to the revision and recodification of Title 23 and declares such corrections and amendments to be effective retroactively to October 1, 2016. This bill is a recommendation of the Code Commission."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1538"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1538 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James M. LeMunyon"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-12-27"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b777203f-460a-41f6-b73b-667645b91c45"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1538"
+source_hash: "6c653e690de505fbc918b5e13d31f0e2c12f0830ff56319be07dca1ca222d3d4"
+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 HB 1538 (2017) — Revision and recodification of Title 23; corrections.
+
+Corrects typographical errors and makes other technical amendments relating to the revision and recodification of Title 23 and declares such corrections and amendments to be effective retroactively to October 1, 2016. This bill is a recommendation of the Code Commission.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0314)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0314)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1538ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1538ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100873D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1538)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17100873D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1538E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James M. LeMunyon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100873D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-17** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-18** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-18** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-01-18** Speaker ruled floor amendment by Delegate Simon not germane
+- **2017-01-18** Engrossed by House as amended HB1538E
+- **2017-01-18** Printed as engrossed 17100873D-E
+- **2017-01-19** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 314 (effective 10/1/16) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b777203f-460a-41f6-b73b-667645b91c45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1540.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to meetings of public bodies."
+description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to meetings of public bodies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1540"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1540 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Consumer Protection", "Counties", "Cities and Towns"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James M. LeMunyon"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-12-27"
+last_action: "2017-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb5b3226-dd06-4845-aa43-ef67693bba0f"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1540"
+source_hash: "de02e41fcb09d4ead11af7003b93fb4d8092d970b5a7dddf77aa4019c5c36c15"
+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 HB 1540 (2017) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to meetings of public bodies.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0616)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1540ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1540ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101247D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1540)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James M. LeMunyon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101247D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-11** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 616 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb5b3226-dd06-4845-aa43-ef67693bba0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1541.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Board of Nursing; powers and duties."
+description: "Board of Nursing; powers and duties."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1541"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1541 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Roxann L. Robinson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2016-12-28"
+last_action: "2017-02-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb72aa78-fbe5-4a86-80b9-808b7c06afea"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1541"
+source_hash: "7b177cfa9505c100b8bd4be482c122e1b6221be3d91b2d5d4714debb5dba8a91"
+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 HB 1541 (2017) — Board of Nursing; powers and duties.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0105)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0105)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1541ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1541ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101346D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1541)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101346D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-28** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-20** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 105 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb72aa78-fbe5-4a86-80b9-808b7c06afea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1542.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Home service contract providers; shifts responsibility for regulating to Commissioner of the DACS."
+description: "Shifts responsibility for regulating home service contract providers from the State Corporation Commission to the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The measure provides that home service contracts are not contracts of insurance and are not subject to regulation under the Commonwealth's insurance laws. Home service contracts are agreements to perform the service repair, replacement, or maintenance, or indemnification therefor, with regard to components, parts, appliances, or systems of a residential home property. Providers of such contracts are required to register with the Commissioner, which registration shall not require filing of forms or rate information. Providers are required to maintain a funded reserve account for their obligations under the contracts that is not less than 40 percent of gross consideration received, less claims paid, on the sale of the home service contract for all in-force home service contracts sold in the Commonwealth. Providers are also required to file a bond with the Commissioner. In lieu of the requirements for a reserve account and bond, a provider may demonstrate financial responsibility by filing a copy of a liability insurance policy that covers 100 percent of the provider's home service contract liabilities. The measure includes provisions addressing the adoption of regulations, investigations, production of records, and penalties for violations that are similar to the existing provisions applicable to extended service contract providers. Providers with a net worth in excess of $100 million are exempt from the provisions of the measure. Certain maintenance and service agreements are exempted. The measure includes a minimum tax provision that requires such entities to pay income tax at a level that provides the same revenue as is currently paid in gross premium tax. The minimum tax is in lieu of all other state and local license fees or license taxes on providers and home service contracts. The measure has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2018."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1542"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1542 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance", "Trade and Commerce"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-12-28"
+last_action: "2017-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d28a4dea-da71-45ee-b00b-9135ddd54c22"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1542"
+source_hash: "e9bfae7bc83bd96b572e6835fbd598ea57aabc924b39855563a7b926c4980f44"
+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 HB 1542 (2017) — Home service contract providers; shifts responsibility for regulating to Commissioner of the DACS.
+
+Shifts responsibility for regulating home service contract providers from the State Corporation Commission to the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The measure provides that home service contracts are not contracts of insurance and are not subject to regulation under the Commonwealth's insurance laws. Home service contracts are agreements to perform the service repair, replacement, or maintenance, or indemnification therefor, with regard to components, parts, appliances, or systems of a residential home property. Providers of such contracts are required to register with the Commissioner, which registration shall not require filing of forms or rate information. Providers are required to maintain a funded reserve account for their obligations under the contracts that is not less than 40 percent of gross consideration received, less claims paid, on the sale of the home service contract for all in-force home service contracts sold in the Commonwealth. Providers are also required to file a bond with the Commissioner. In lieu of the requirements for a reserve account and bond, a provider may demonstrate financial responsibility by filing a copy of a liability insurance policy that covers 100 percent of the provider's home service contract liabilities. The measure includes provisions addressing the adoption of regulations, investigations, production of records, and penalties for violations that are similar to the existing provisions applicable to extended service contract providers. Providers with a net worth in excess of $100 million are exempt from the provisions of the measure. Certain maintenance and service agreements are exempted. The measure includes a minimum tax provision that requires such entities to pay income tax at a level that provides the same revenue as is currently paid in gross premium tax. The minimum tax is in lieu of all other state and local license fees or license taxes on providers and home service contracts. The measure has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2018.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0727)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0727)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1542ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1542ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104686D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1542H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100808D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1542)
+5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105419D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1542S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **94–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105419D-S1 — **93–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100808D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-28** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-31** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 17104686D-H1
+- **2017-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1542H1
+- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-16** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 17105419D-S1
+- **2017-02-16** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1542S1
+- **2017-02-20** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-20** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105419D-S1 (93-Y 1-N)
+- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 727 (effective 1/1/18) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d28a4dea-da71-45ee-b00b-9135ddd54c22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1543.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for audiovisual productions and equipment."
+description: "Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for audiovisual productions and equipment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1543"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1543 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Sales and Use Tax", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Roxann L. Robinson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-28"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e647d8ba-6647-49c5-8343-1f14a2924c93"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1543"
+source_hash: "0ef55cb4d56a210c6f30b307a00364185ba336c31cb156206dc3d295a6199a6e"
+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 HB 1543 (2017) — Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for audiovisual productions and equipment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0412)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0412)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1543ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1543ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102259D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1543)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House — **90–5** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **19–2** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)
+- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102259D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-28** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (90-Y 5-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 412 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e647d8ba-6647-49c5-8343-1f14a2924c93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1544.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Certificates of public need; conditions on certificates, alternative plans of compliance."
+description: "Provides that in cases in which a certificate holder holds more than one certificate of public need with conditions, and the certificate holder is unable to satisfy the conditions of one certificate, the Department of Health may provide for satisfaction of the conditions on that certificate by the provision of care at a reduced rate to indigent individuals in excess of the amount required by another certificate issued to the same holder, in an amount approved by the Department as part of an alternative plan of compliance."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1544"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1544 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Christopher E. Collins"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-29"
+last_action: "2017-03-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aee5f7d-8467-45e9-ba8e-35a776096208"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1544"
+source_hash: "8e4fa97b7d0d8a460cf48f3d39971baaf877793a668ee25fd3c9f05ff09d99a0"
+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 HB 1544 (2017) — Certificates of public need; conditions on certificates, alternative plans of compliance.
+
+Provides that in cases in which a certificate holder holds more than one certificate of public need with conditions, and the certificate holder is unable to satisfy the conditions of one certificate, the Department of Health may provide for satisfaction of the conditions on that certificate by the provision of care at a reduced rate to indigent individuals in excess of the amount required by another certificate issued to the same holder, in an amount approved by the Department as part of an alternative plan of compliance.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0768)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0768)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1544ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1544ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101109D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1544)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101109D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1544E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House — **68–29** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **39–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **72–25** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **19–3** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)
+- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101109D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-02** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-03** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB1544E
+- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17101109D-E
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (68-Y 29-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2017-02-20** Amendment by Senator Barker agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (72-Y 25-N)
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 768 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3aee5f7d-8467-45e9-ba8e-35a776096208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1545.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal cases; delayed appeals, assignments of errors dismissed in part."
+description: "Provides that an appellant may file a motion for leave to pursue a delayed appeal in a criminal case in the Court of Appeals of Virginia when the appeal was dismissed, in whole or in part, for a failure to (i) initiate the appeal; (ii) adhere to proper form, procedures, or time limits in the perfection of the appeal; or (iii) file the indispensable transcript or written statement of facts, even if other parts of the appeal were refused on the merits. Under current law, an appellant may not pursue a delayed appeal in such a case if part of the appeal was refused on the merits. The bill also provides that an appellant may file a motion for leave to pursue a delayed appeal in a criminal case that is appealed to the Supreme Court of Virginia from the Court of Appeals of Virginia for those assignments of error that were dismissed because they did not adhere to a proper form, even if other assignments of error were refused on the merits. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1545"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1545 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Christopher E. Collins"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-29"
+last_action: "2017-02-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f85a7e38-53a3-4241-b9bb-4565fa019b18"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1545"
+source_hash: "9e0add4dd2f01553e1d411f3852bf63f46499ea5ef3b9f5461a5a6689f2a3749"
+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 HB 1545 (2017) — Criminal cases; delayed appeals, assignments of errors dismissed in part.
+
+Provides that an appellant may file a motion for leave to pursue a delayed appeal in a criminal case in the Court of Appeals of Virginia when the appeal was dismissed, in whole or in part, for a failure to (i) initiate the appeal; (ii) adhere to proper form, procedures, or time limits in the perfection of the appeal; or (iii) file the indispensable transcript or written statement of facts, even if other parts of the appeal were refused on the merits. Under current law, an appellant may not pursue a delayed appeal in such a case if part of the appeal was refused on the merits. The bill also provides that an appellant may file a motion for leave to pursue a delayed appeal in a criminal case that is appealed to the Supreme Court of Virginia from the Court of Appeals of Virginia for those assignments of error that were dismissed because they did not adhere to a proper form, even if other assignments of error were refused on the merits. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0077)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0077)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1545ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1545ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101710D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1545)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101710D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1545E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101710D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1545E
+- **2017-01-25** Printed as engrossed 17101710D-E
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
+- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
+- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 77 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f85a7e38-53a3-4241-b9bb-4565fa019b18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1546.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Jurors; confidentiality of name and home address."
+description: "Limits to name and home address the personal information of a juror impaneled in a criminal case that the court may only regulate the disclosure of upon a showing of good cause, which includes a likelihood of bribery, tampering, or physical injury to or harassment of a juror. The bill limits the release of any additional personal information, defined in the bill as any information other than a name and home address, of a juror impaneled in a criminal case to the counsel of record in the case or a pro se defendant. The bill also provides that the court may, upon the motion of either party or its own motion, and for good cause shown, authorize the disclosure of such personal information to any other person, subject to any restrictions imposed by the court on further dissemination of such personal information."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1546"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1546 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Christopher E. Collins"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2016-12-29"
+last_action: "2017-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90b3a47f-1334-4dfc-92f9-3b7213914706"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1546"
+source_hash: "a9dcfdb9e1e304500849bea06a0eeaea8e8ccfc02178ddb638ddad383ee91e01"
+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 HB 1546 (2017) — Jurors; confidentiality of name and home address.
+
+Limits to name and home address the personal information of a juror impaneled in a criminal case that the court may only regulate the disclosure of upon a showing of good cause, which includes a likelihood of bribery, tampering, or physical injury to or harassment of a juror. The bill limits the release of any additional personal information, defined in the bill as any information other than a name and home address, of a juror impaneled in a criminal case to the counsel of record in the case or a pro se defendant. The bill also provides that the court may, upon the motion of either party or its own motion, and for good cause shown, authorize the disclosure of such personal information to any other person, subject to any restrictions imposed by the court on further dissemination of such personal information.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0753)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0753)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1546ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1546ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105151D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1546H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102066D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1546)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **91–6** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice — **8–7** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsidered by Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendments — **21–19** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **9–6** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102066D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-23** Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
+- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105151D-H1
+- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1546H1
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2017-02-20** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-21** Senate amendments agreed to by House (91-Y 6-N)
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 753 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90b3a47f-1334-4dfc-92f9-3b7213914706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1547.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Historical African American cemeteries/graves; disbursement of funds appropriated for preservation."
+description: "Directs the distribution of funds appropriated for such purpose to qualifying charitable organizations that preserve historical African American cemeteries established before 1900. The funding formula is $5, or the average actual cost of routine maintenance, multiplied by the number of graves, monuments, and markers of African Americans who lived at any time between 1800 and 1900 and are interred in the cemetery. The bill lists two cemeteries, East End Cemetery in Henrico County and Evergreen Cemetery in the City of Richmond, that are to receive any funds appropriated for a total of 6,975 gravesites."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1547"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1547 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Conservation", "Ethnic Groups"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Delores L. McQuinn"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2016-12-29"
+last_action: "2017-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caeca6ff-bf0e-45b3-9abb-2be0799380c9"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1547"
+source_hash: "e1b818a01283b3b4a50a3ba8473bc4d0e1bda05053eecab8b0978eea39a9e674"
+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 HB 1547 (2017) — Historical African American cemeteries/graves; disbursement of funds appropriated for preservation.
+
+Directs the distribution of funds appropriated for such purpose to qualifying charitable organizations that preserve historical African American cemeteries established before 1900. The funding formula is $5, or the average actual cost of routine maintenance, multiplied by the number of graves, monuments, and markers of African Americans who lived at any time between 1800 and 1900 and are interred in the cemetery. The bill lists two cemeteries, East End Cemetery in Henrico County and Evergreen Cemetery in the City of Richmond, that are to receive any funds appropriated for a total of 6,975 gravesites.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0270)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0270)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1547ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1547ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101511D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1547)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Appropriations — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
+- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
+- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
+- Daun S. Hester — cosponsor (person)
+- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson H. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
+- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
+- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
+- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew James — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101511D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-25** Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 270 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caeca6ff-bf0e-45b3-9abb-2be0799380c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1548.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Advance directives; admission of person for mental health treatment, capacity determinations."
+description: "Provides that in cases in which a person has executed an advance directive granting an agent the authority to consent to the person's admission to a facility for mental health treatment and the advance directive so authorizes, the person's agent may exercise such authority after a determination that the person is incapable of making an informed decision regarding such admission has been made by (i) the attending physician, (ii) a psychiatrist or licensed clinical psychologist, (iii) a licensed psychiatric nurse practitioner, (iv) a licensed clinical social worker, or (v) a designee of the local community services board as defined in § 37.2-809. The bill also provides that a person's agent may make a health care decision over the protest of the person if, in addition to other factors, at the time the advance directive was made, a licensed physician, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed physician assistant, licensed nurse practitioner, licensed professional counselor, or licensed clinical social worker who is familiar with the person attested in writing that the person was capable of making an informed decision and understood the consequences of the provision. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1548"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1548 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Peter F. Farrell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-12-29"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1706270d-7bd6-4fe3-a3e5-7a2091983e04"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1548"
+source_hash: "029d77d1b4821eb0afb74fce5000d72db6084eabc2ed4e05a545c0f38cd0f462"
+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 HB 1548 (2017) — Advance directives; admission of person for mental health treatment, capacity determinations.
+
+Provides that in cases in which a person has executed an advance directive granting an agent the authority to consent to the person's admission to a facility for mental health treatment and the advance directive so authorizes, the person's agent may exercise such authority after a determination that the person is incapable of making an informed decision regarding such admission has been made by (i) the attending physician, (ii) a psychiatrist or licensed clinical psychologist, (iii) a licensed psychiatric nurse practitioner, (iv) a licensed clinical social worker, or (v) a designee of the local community services board as defined in § 37.2-809. The bill also provides that a person's agent may make a health care decision over the protest of the person if, in addition to other factors, at the time the advance directive was made, a licensed physician, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed physician assistant, licensed nurse practitioner, licensed professional counselor, or licensed clinical social worker who is familiar with the person attested in writing that the person was capable of making an informed decision and understood the consequences of the provision. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0456)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0456)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1548ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1548ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17103796D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1548H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103471D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1548)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendments — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Peter F. Farrell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103471D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 17103796D-H1
+- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1548H1
+- **2017-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2017-02-13** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-15** Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 456 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1706270d-7bd6-4fe3-a3e5-7a2091983e04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1549.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; services to be provided, report."
+description: "Provides that, effective July 1, 2019, the core of services provided by community services boards and behavioral health authorities shall include (i) same-day access to mental health screening services and (ii) outpatient primary care screening and monitoring services for physical health indicators and health risks and follow-up services for individuals identified as being in need of assistance with overcoming barriers to accessing primary health services. The bill provides that, effective July 1, 2021, the core of services provided by community services boards and behavioral health authorities additionally shall include (a) crisis services for individuals with mental health or substance use disorders, (b) outpatient mental health and substance abuse services, (c) psychiatric rehabilitation services, (d) peer support and family support services, (e) mental health services for members of the armed forces located 50 miles or more from a military treatment facility and veterans located 40 miles or more from a Veterans Health Administration medical facility, (f) care coordination services, and (g) case management services. The bill also requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to report annually regarding progress in the implementation of the bill. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1549"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1549 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Authorities", "Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Health", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Peter F. Farrell"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 14
+first_action: "2016-12-29"
+last_action: "2017-03-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45e49da3-0fc7-4c18-bdd9-cb357f705931"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1549"
+source_hash: "0f321c97c244697e052704fe4174bd22acbc126263bd826d1dafa8142f5a24cd"
+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 HB 1549 (2017) — Community services boards and behavioral health authorities; services to be provided, report.
+
+Provides that, effective July 1, 2019, the core of services provided by community services boards and behavioral health authorities shall include (i) same-day access to mental health screening services and (ii) outpatient primary care screening and monitoring services for physical health indicators and health risks and follow-up services for individuals identified as being in need of assistance with overcoming barriers to accessing primary health services. The bill provides that, effective July 1, 2021, the core of services provided by community services boards and behavioral health authorities additionally shall include (a) crisis services for individuals with mental health or substance use disorders, (b) outpatient mental health and substance abuse services, (c) psychiatric rehabilitation services, (d) peer support and family support services, (e) mental health services for members of the armed forces located 50 miles or more from a military treatment facility and veterans located 40 miles or more from a Veterans Health Administration medical facility, (f) care coordination services, and (g) case management services. The bill also requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to report annually regarding progress in the implementation of the bill. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0683)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1549ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1549ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104983D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1549H1)
+4. **House: Conference substitute printed 17105895D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1549H2)
+5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100770D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1549)
+6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105589D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1549S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Conference report agreed to by House — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate substitute rejected by House 17105589D-S1 — **0–98** (fail) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate insisted on substitute — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Peter F. Farrell — primary (person)
+- David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
+- G. Manoli Loupassi — cosponsor (person)
+- N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100770D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-19** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17104983D-H1
+- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1549H1
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 17105589D-S1
+- **2017-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1549S1
+- **2017-02-22** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-22** Senate substitute rejected by House 17105589D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
+- **2017-02-23** Senate requested conference committee
+- **2017-02-23** House acceded to request
+- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
+- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
+- **2017-02-25** Amended by conference committee
+- **2017-02-25** Conference substitute printed 17105895D-H2
+- **2017-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 683 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45e49da3-0fc7-4c18-bdd9-cb357f705931`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1551.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information."
+description: "Requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to provide electronic data, including individually identifiable information, on proceedings pursuant to the Psychiatric Treatment of Minors Act and the Emergency Custody of Voluntary and Involuntary Civil Admissions Act to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services upon request and provides that the Department may use such data for the purpose of developing and maintaining statistical archives, conducting research on the outcome of such proceedings, and preparing analyses and reports for use by the Department. The bill requires the Department to take all necessary steps to protect the security and privacy of the records and information provided pursuant to the provisions of the bill in accordance with the requirements of state and federal law and regulations governing health privacy. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1551"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1551 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Computer Services and Uses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Peter F. Farrell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2016-12-29"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f112254-33ef-4836-b59c-d7457664a49e"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1551"
+source_hash: "47dd59fa7d3659ac094d36de060480b7309ec69b70e8c3fce249d23f4b586ae1"
+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 HB 1551 (2017) — Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information.
+
+Requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to provide electronic data, including individually identifiable information, on proceedings pursuant to the Psychiatric Treatment of Minors Act and the Emergency Custody of Voluntary and Involuntary Civil Admissions Act to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services upon request and provides that the Department may use such data for the purpose of developing and maintaining statistical archives, conducting research on the outcome of such proceedings, and preparing analyses and reports for use by the Department. The bill requires the Department to take all necessary steps to protect the security and privacy of the records and information provided pursuant to the provisions of the bill in accordance with the requirements of state and federal law and regulations governing health privacy. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0188)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0188)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1551ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1551ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104073D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1551H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101062D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1551)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **96–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Peter F. Farrell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101062D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 17104073D-H1
+- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1551H1
+- **2017-01-31** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 188 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f112254-33ef-4836-b59c-d7457664a49e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1552.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Career and technical education; notification by school board to students and parents of programs."
+description: "Requires each local school board to implement a plan to notify students and their parents of the availability of career and technical education programs and to include annual notice on its website to enrolled high school students and their parents of the opportunity for such students to obtain a nationally recognized career readiness certificate at a local public high school, comprehensive community college, or workforce center."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1552"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1552 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-29"
+last_action: "2017-02-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29044f75-35ca-48a7-89f2-be5c25f7036d"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1552"
+source_hash: "91dc948bac31fc46dbf466657c72314547447e1acf741ba0f93df7c5bc4f82d3"
+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 HB 1552 (2017) — Career and technical education; notification by school board to students and parents of programs.
+
+Requires each local school board to implement a plan to notify students and their parents of the availability of career and technical education programs and to include annual notice on its website to enrolled high school students and their parents of the opportunity for such students to obtain a nationally recognized career readiness certificate at a local public high school, comprehensive community college, or workforce center.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0100)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0100)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1552ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1552ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104342D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1552H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102021D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1552)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education with substitute — **20–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
+- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
+- James M. LeMunyon — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102021D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Committee substitute agreed to 17104342D-H1
+- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1552H1
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 100 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29044f75-35ca-48a7-89f2-be5c25f7036d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1554.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Property Owners' Association Act; amendment of declaration adopted prior to July 1, 2017."
+description: "Provides that except as otherwise provided in the declaration of a property owners' association, a declaration may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the owners. The bill is in response to the Virginia Supreme Court decision in February 2016 in"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1554"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1554 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Property and Conveyances"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-12-29"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b184d1fc-9797-42fd-aca0-40704b6425c8"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1554"
+source_hash: "37a2ae408723589ba65a27b27f33dcad80f01a5266eb8df1baf8eb68d07bbbe7"
+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 HB 1554 (2017) — Property Owners' Association Act; amendment of declaration adopted prior to July 1, 2017.
+
+Provides that except as otherwise provided in the declaration of a property owners' association, a declaration may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the owners. The bill is in response to the Virginia Supreme Court decision in February 2016 in
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0374)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1554ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1554ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102025D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1554)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17102025D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1554E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **23–17** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **94–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
+- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102025D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-24** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB1554E
+- **2017-01-24** Printed as engrossed 17102025D-E
+- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-16** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-17** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2017-02-20** Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 1-N)
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 374 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b184d1fc-9797-42fd-aca0-40704b6425c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1555.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Agency directors; human resource training and agency succession planning."
+description: "Directs the Department of Human Resource Management (the Department) to administer training programs to familiarize agency directors with state human resource policies, such as compensation management, benefits administration, and resources available at the Department. The bill requires (i) the Department to offer training programs at least twice per year, (ii) each agency director to attend a training program with the agency chief human resource officer within six months after the director's appointment and thereafter at least once every four years, (iii) the agency chief human resource officer to provide subsequent training on agency-specific human resource policies, and (iv) each agency director to develop and submit annually to the Department an agency succession plan for key personnel, executive positions, and employees nearing retirement. The bill also requires public institutions of higher education to prepare a succession plan for presentation to the board of visitors with a copy to the Department."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1555"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1555 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 13
+first_action: "2016-12-29"
+last_action: "2017-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caadb3ae-3051-47ca-a4de-8cca9e771962"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1555"
+source_hash: "015eda733ad074a2dac3b9c64a7c8e60144a3c0f1eb8cc85618f203400b84c28"
+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 HB 1555 (2017) — Agency directors; human resource training and agency succession planning.
+
+Directs the Department of Human Resource Management (the Department) to administer training programs to familiarize agency directors with state human resource policies, such as compensation management, benefits administration, and resources available at the Department. The bill requires (i) the Department to offer training programs at least twice per year, (ii) each agency director to attend a training program with the agency chief human resource officer within six months after the director's appointment and thereafter at least once every four years, (iii) the agency chief human resource officer to provide subsequent training on agency-specific human resource policies, and (iv) each agency director to develop and submit annually to the Department an agency succession plan for key personnel, executive positions, and employees nearing retirement. The bill also requires public institutions of higher education to prepare a succession plan for presentation to the board of visitors with a copy to the Department.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0527)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0527)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1555ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1555ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104801D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1555H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103358D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1555)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate amendment rejected by House — **0–100** (fail) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance with amendment — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate receded from amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Appropriations — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103358D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-11** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
+- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-01** Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17104801D-H1
+- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1555H1
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-21** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2017-02-21** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-22** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-22** Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 100-N)
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 527 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caadb3ae-3051-47ca-a4de-8cca9e771962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1556.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Real estate appraisers; exemptions from licensure."
+description: "Allows a licensed residential real estate appraiser, certified residential real estate appraiser, or certified general real estate appraiser to provide an evaluation of real estate or real property in connection with certain real estate-related financial transactions. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1556"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1556 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-12-29"
+last_action: "2017-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f38ec1e6-28d1-4a07-ac46-dcf3cdd0c4ee"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1556"
+source_hash: "cda540b280e192b59f0fb9a2a7d248b993cfedbd287eba1f2a07adb9b412e932"
+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 HB 1556 (2017) — Real estate appraisers; exemptions from licensure.
+
+Allows a licensed residential real estate appraiser, certified residential real estate appraiser, or certified general real estate appraiser to provide an evaluation of real estate or real property in connection with certain real estate-related financial transactions. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0258)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0258)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1556ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1556ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104693D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1556H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100887D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1556)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100887D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 17104693D-H1
+- **2017-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1556H1
+- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 258 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f38ec1e6-28d1-4a07-ac46-dcf3cdd0c4ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1559.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Special identification cards; fee for issuance of duplicate or reissuance, expiration of cards."
+description: "Increases from $5 per renewal to $2 per year, with a $10 minimum fee, the fee for an original, duplicate, reissue, or renewal special identification card and increases the maximum validity period from seven to eight years. The bill changes expiration dates from the last day of the month of birth of the applicant to the applicant's birthday at the end of the period of years for which a special identification card has been issued. The bill also sets the validity period to a maximum of five years for a special identification card issued to a person required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1559"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1559 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-29"
+last_action: "2017-02-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5baf2c7-320d-4950-9941-dd045138bfa3"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1559"
+source_hash: "c2aeec8e0d9274ad35080444b64e8386f5be5cc374357bfe4d81c971b35985f1"
+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 HB 1559 (2017) — Special identification cards; fee for issuance of duplicate or reissuance, expiration of cards.
+
+Increases from $5 per renewal to $2 per year, with a $10 minimum fee, the fee for an original, duplicate, reissue, or renewal special identification card and increases the maximum validity period from seven to eight years. The bill changes expiration dates from the last day of the month of birth of the applicant to the applicant's birthday at the end of the period of years for which a special identification card has been issued. The bill also sets the validity period to a maximum of five years for a special identification card issued to a person required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0122)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0122)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1559ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1559ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104283D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1559H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102607D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1559)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Transportation — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **20–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **96–3** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102607D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-23** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 17104283D-H1
+- **2017-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1559H1
+- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 122 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5baf2c7-320d-4950-9941-dd045138bfa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1560.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Procedure when aliens convicted of certain felonies; forms."
+description: "Procedure when aliens convicted of certain felonies; forms."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1560"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1560 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Police", "State", "Prisons and Other Methods of Correction"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-29"
+last_action: "2017-02-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99a179db-50c4-409c-b12f-4154c8771c79"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1560"
+source_hash: "e6221d264eb443e3f5207244fc71e2a2a0d600eacad4153efa43720012864102"
+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 HB 1560 (2017) — Procedure when aliens convicted of certain felonies; forms.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0084)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1560ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1560ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101604D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1560)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101604D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
+- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
+- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99a179db-50c4-409c-b12f-4154c8771c79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1565.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local tax and regulatory incentives; green development zones."
+description: "Authorizes localities to create green development zones that provide certain tax incentives and regulatory flexibility for up to 10 years to a business operating in an energy-efficient building or to a business that produces products used to reduce negative impact on the environment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1565"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1565 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Conservation", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Webert"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-01"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7652e87c-40e1-44cc-9143-37cfb1ad0a97"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1565"
+source_hash: "f0e0db95e49f27de80d0aaf2cf7a5eaf23d93578f46804cd8e05eb33f9e11f34"
+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 HB 1565 (2017) — Local tax and regulatory incentives; green development zones.
+
+Authorizes localities to create green development zones that provide certain tax incentives and regulatory flexibility for up to 10 years to a business operating in an energy-efficient building or to a business that produces products used to reduce negative impact on the environment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0027)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0027)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1565ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1565ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100063D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1565)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17100063D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1565E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **33–6** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **19–3** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **79–20** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michael J. Webert — primary (person)
+- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100063D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-01** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Amendment by Delegate Webert agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1565E
+- **2017-01-25** Printed as engrossed 17100063D-E
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (79-Y 20-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-09** Passed by temporarily
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
+- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 27 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7652e87c-40e1-44cc-9143-37cfb1ad0a97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1567.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Medicaid applications; information about advance directives."
+description: "Requires all entities approved by the Board of Medical Assistance Services to receive applications and to determine eligibility for medical assistance to provide each applicant for medical assistance with information about advance directives pursuant to Article 8 (§ 54.1-2981 et seq.) of Chapter 29 of Title 54.1, including information about the purpose and benefits of advance directives and how the applicant may make an advance directive."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1567"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1567 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-02-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2dfc962-f822-4c9f-a38a-8466c489b5b9"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1567"
+source_hash: "9d7ddc0233e03f5a487b1ab97b9f11fcae28c9135b913d6febd661ed8fa263ed"
+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 HB 1567 (2017) — Medicaid applications; information about advance directives.
+
+Requires all entities approved by the Board of Medical Assistance Services to receive applications and to determine eligibility for medical assistance to provide each applicant for medical assistance with information about advance directives pursuant to Article 8 (§ 54.1-2981 et seq.) of Chapter 29 of Title 54.1, including information about the purpose and benefits of advance directives and how the applicant may make an advance directive.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0106)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0106)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1567ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1567ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101242D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1567)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101242D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1567E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101242D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-19** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-19** Amendment by Delegate Orrock agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-01-19** Engrossed by House as amended HB1567E
+- **2017-01-19** Printed as engrossed 17101242D-E
+- **2017-01-20** Read third time and passed House (92-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 106 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2dfc962-f822-4c9f-a38a-8466c489b5b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1568.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Child care providers; applicant criminal history background checks, penalty."
+description: "Requires the following individuals to undergo a fingerprint-based national criminal history background check: (i) applicants for employment by, employees of, applicants to serve as volunteers with, and volunteers with any licensed family day system, child day center exempt from licensure pursuant to § 63.2-1716, registered family day home, or family day home approved by a family day system; (ii) applicants for licensure as a family day system, registration as a family day home, or approval as a family day home by a family day system, as well as their agents and any adult living in such family day home; and (iii) individuals who apply for or enter into a contract with the Department of Social Services under which a child day center, family day home, or child day program will provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant, as well as the applicant's current or prospective employees and volunteers, agents, and any adult living in the child day center or family day home. The bill also mandates that all background checks required pursuant to §§ 63.2-1720.1 and 63.2-1721.1 be completed by September 30, 2017, or by the date specified on any federal waiver obtained by the Commonwealth, and every five years thereafter. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2018. The bill further provides that if any provision of the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 establishing a corresponding requirement is repealed prior to July 1, 2018, the provision of the bill establishing such requirement shall expire upon the date of such repeal. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1568"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1568 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Criminal Procedure", "Minors", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e46bdc5-69e3-43a2-ac3b-1bac783332fe"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1568"
+source_hash: "05e16bf971e10fc374a6a73b22b7cda4e873151497f509d925832978dcd1a900"
+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 HB 1568 (2017) — Child care providers; applicant criminal history background checks, penalty.
+
+Requires the following individuals to undergo a fingerprint-based national criminal history background check: (i) applicants for employment by, employees of, applicants to serve as volunteers with, and volunteers with any licensed family day system, child day center exempt from licensure pursuant to § 63.2-1716, registered family day home, or family day home approved by a family day system; (ii) applicants for licensure as a family day system, registration as a family day home, or approval as a family day home by a family day system, as well as their agents and any adult living in such family day home; and (iii) individuals who apply for or enter into a contract with the Department of Social Services under which a child day center, family day home, or child day program will provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant, as well as the applicant's current or prospective employees and volunteers, agents, and any adult living in the child day center or family day home. The bill also mandates that all background checks required pursuant to §§ 63.2-1720.1 and 63.2-1721.1 be completed by September 30, 2017, or by the date specified on any federal waiver obtained by the Commonwealth, and every five years thereafter. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2018. The bill further provides that if any provision of the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 establishing a corresponding requirement is repealed prior to July 1, 2018, the provision of the bill establishing such requirement shall expire upon the date of such repeal. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0189)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0189)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1568ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1568ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101350D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1568)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101350D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1568E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **73–21** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment — **16–6** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **13–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
+- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
+- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
+- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101350D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-19** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-02** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-02-02** Amendment by Delegate Orrock agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended HB1568E
+- **2017-02-02** Printed as engrossed 17101350D-E
+- **2017-02-03** Read third time and passed House (73-Y 21-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 189 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e46bdc5-69e3-43a2-ac3b-1bac783332fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1569.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "VPI & SU and Virginia State University; purpose and courses of study."
+description: "Declares it the intent of the General Assembly that in order to support a strong Commonwealth and to fulfill the principles of the federal Morrill Land-Grant Acts of 1862 and 1890 and Smith-Lever Act of 1914 (7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), the Commonwealth's two land-grant universities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Virginia State University, shall maintain strong programs of instruction, research, and the extension of knowledge in agriculture, natural resources, family and consumer sciences, community viability, youth development, and such other fields as are necessary to fulfill their respective land-grant missions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1569"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1569 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["General Assembly"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e340f48-bcd7-4b9a-b658-acd074200891"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1569"
+source_hash: "f1ca5fb9e2ae61a08805ef2282e593cdc7b6a5ab722e4ca3d75d7659d1de5ff1"
+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 HB 1569 (2017) — VPI & SU and Virginia State University; purpose and courses of study.
+
+Declares it the intent of the General Assembly that in order to support a strong Commonwealth and to fulfill the principles of the federal Morrill Land-Grant Acts of 1862 and 1890 and Smith-Lever Act of 1914 (7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), the Commonwealth's two land-grant universities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Virginia State University, shall maintain strong programs of instruction, research, and the extension of knowledge in agriculture, natural resources, family and consumer sciences, community viability, youth development, and such other fields as are necessary to fulfill their respective land-grant missions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0229)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1569ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1569ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104738D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1569H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101564D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1569)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101564D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 17104738D-H1
+- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1569H1
+- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 229 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e340f48-bcd7-4b9a-b658-acd074200891`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1570.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Industrial development authority, local; Louisa County airports."
+description: "Industrial development authority, local; Louisa County airports."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1570"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1570 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Authorities", "Aviation", "Counties", "Cities and Towns"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Peter F. Farrell"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f7d7499-e2e6-46d4-a38b-cc2dc6267977"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1570"
+source_hash: "83d8faf5472c63d1511c9e1b4beb01f8b49482782398975d3bab618ff4bb64b2"
+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 HB 1570 (2017) — Industrial development authority, local; Louisa County airports.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0560)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0560)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1570ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1570ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102073D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1570)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Local Government — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Peter F. Farrell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102073D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 560 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f7d7499-e2e6-46d4-a38b-cc2dc6267977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1571.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Workers' compensation; fees for medical services."
+description: "Provides that the pecuniary liability of an employer for a medical service provided for the treatment of a traumatic injury or serious burn includes liability for any professional service rendered during the dates of service of the admission or transfer to a Level I or Level II trauma center or to a burn center, as applicable. The measure increases the initial charge outlier threshold, which under the stop-loss feature allows hospitals to receive payments or reimbursements that exceed the fee schedule amount for certain claims, from 150 percent of the maximum fee for the service set forth in the applicable fee schedule to 300 percent of such amount. The measure allows the Workers' Compensation Commission to adjust the charge outlier threshold percentage; under existing law, it is allowed only to decrease the percentage. The measure also (i) expands the definition of codes, as used in the provision directing the Commission to establish fee schedules for scheduled medical services, to include revenue codes, which are defined in the bill; (ii) clarifies the definition of \"HCPCS codes\"; (iii) directs the Commission to use the regulatory advisory panel on all matters involving or related to the fee schedule as deemed necessary by the Commission; (iv) adds a definition of \"new type of technology\"; and (v) extends the deadline by which the regulatory advisory panel is required to meet, review, and make recommendations to the Commission from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2018. The bill contains an emergency clause."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1571"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1571 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Emergency Legislation", "Workers' Compensation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Peter F. Farrell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ba8f00a-06d0-4f34-91a0-1a1fe88e88dd"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1571"
+source_hash: "9495b3887d71ac791de5913a265dad3adcc16ef8805b763d908edb8dff7a0e97"
+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 HB 1571 (2017) — Workers' compensation; fees for medical services.
+
+Provides that the pecuniary liability of an employer for a medical service provided for the treatment of a traumatic injury or serious burn includes liability for any professional service rendered during the dates of service of the admission or transfer to a Level I or Level II trauma center or to a burn center, as applicable. The measure increases the initial charge outlier threshold, which under the stop-loss feature allows hospitals to receive payments or reimbursements that exceed the fee schedule amount for certain claims, from 150 percent of the maximum fee for the service set forth in the applicable fee schedule to 300 percent of such amount. The measure allows the Workers' Compensation Commission to adjust the charge outlier threshold percentage; under existing law, it is allowed only to decrease the percentage. The measure also (i) expands the definition of codes, as used in the provision directing the Commission to establish fee schedules for scheduled medical services, to include revenue codes, which are defined in the bill; (ii) clarifies the definition of "HCPCS codes"; (iii) directs the Commission to use the regulatory advisory panel on all matters involving or related to the fee schedule as deemed necessary by the Commission; (iv) adds a definition of "new type of technology"; and (v) extends the deadline by which the regulatory advisory panel is required to meet, review, and make recommendations to the Commission from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2018. The bill contains an emergency clause.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0478)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1571ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1571ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17102180D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1571)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17102180D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1571E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Peter F. Farrell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17102180D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-16** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-17** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-17** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-01-17** Engrossed by House as amended HB1571E
+- **2017-01-17** Printed as engrossed 17102180D-E
+- **2017-01-18** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-19** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-19** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 478 (effective 3/13/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ba8f00a-06d0-4f34-91a0-1a1fe88e88dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1572.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Marine Resources Commission; registration as commercial fisherman."
+description: "Directs the Marine Resources Commission to grant a preference for an exception to the two-year delay in the effective date of a registration as a commercial fisherman. The bill requires the preference to benefit a license applicant who is a member of the immediate family or is a documented employee of the commercial fisherman who is retiring."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1572"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1572 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gordon C. Helsel, Jr."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d17ae0c-a399-4a42-9816-1a0253484911"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1572"
+source_hash: "1d8cc33d14437a59af1397bc8df2094593a7e6b9c1dccec3c4bc8ecf63dac7ab"
+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 HB 1572 (2017) — Marine Resources Commission; registration as commercial fisherman.
+
+Directs the Marine Resources Commission to grant a preference for an exception to the two-year delay in the effective date of a registration as a commercial fisherman. The bill requires the preference to benefit a license applicant who is a member of the immediate family or is a documented employee of the commercial fisherman who is retiring.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0339)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0339)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1572ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1572ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100531D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1572)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100531D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 339 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d17ae0c-a399-4a42-9816-1a0253484911`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1573.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Fishing privileges; revocation of license by MRC."
+description: "Provides that when the Marine Resources Commission (the Commission) revokes a fishing license for a violation of the tidal fisheries law, it shall revoke only the particular type of license that is applicable to the fishery in which the violation occurred. The Commission may revoke other licenses upon a second violation within five years. The bill authorizes the Commission to revoke a person's underlying privileges when certain criteria are met. Under current law, the Commission is authorized to revoke all of the fishing licenses a person has been granted upon a first violation, irrespective of the location and type of fish described in the license. The bill also requires the Commission to accept credit card payment of any civil penalty it assesses for fishing under a revoked license or privileges."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1573"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1573 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gordon C. Helsel, Jr."]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8915b12-606b-4f0d-88b9-dd401311493b"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1573"
+source_hash: "11a06683214f3b4e162ec4788ec505c1469e966c5edffbbf53723b98cd6dbd35"
+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 HB 1573 (2017) — Fishing privileges; revocation of license by MRC.
+
+Provides that when the Marine Resources Commission (the Commission) revokes a fishing license for a violation of the tidal fisheries law, it shall revoke only the particular type of license that is applicable to the fishery in which the violation occurred. The Commission may revoke other licenses upon a second violation within five years. The bill authorizes the Commission to revoke a person's underlying privileges when certain criteria are met. Under current law, the Commission is authorized to revoke all of the fishing licenses a person has been granted upon a first violation, irrespective of the location and type of fish described in the license. The bill also requires the Commission to accept credit card payment of any civil penalty it assesses for fishing under a revoked license or privileges.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0630)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0630)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1573ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1573ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105102D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1573H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100622D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1573)
+5. **House: Printed as engrossed 17105102D-EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1573EH1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **21–19** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **96–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **8–7** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100622D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 17105102D-H1
+- **2017-02-03** Amendment by Delegate Bloxom agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1573EH1
+- **2017-02-03** Printed as engrossed 17105102D-EH1
+- **2017-02-06** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 630 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8915b12-606b-4f0d-88b9-dd401311493b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1574.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Oyster culling regulation; cargo of oysters shall be scattered on public rocks."
+description: "Provides that when a person charged with violating an oyster culling regulation is required to scatter the entire cargo of oysters on the public rocks, no portion of the cargo shall be scattered anywhere else. The bill also requires the Marine Resources Commission to accept cash, check, or credit card payment of a bond paid in lieu of throwing the cargo overboard. Current law allows only payments in cash."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1574"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1574 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gordon C. Helsel, Jr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/429e2df9-18c7-4e36-a603-eb34fa4e859f"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1574"
+source_hash: "e642e6f80451c6e32350e4b34aa5befe49de563d8f3b0690dc8fc7fd2097ff51"
+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 HB 1574 (2017) — Oyster culling regulation; cargo of oysters shall be scattered on public rocks.
+
+Provides that when a person charged with violating an oyster culling regulation is required to scatter the entire cargo of oysters on the public rocks, no portion of the cargo shall be scattered anywhere else. The bill also requires the Marine Resources Commission to accept cash, check, or credit card payment of a bond paid in lieu of throwing the cargo overboard. Current law allows only payments in cash.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0340)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0340)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1574ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1574ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105104D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1574H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100623D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1574)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100623D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 17105104D-H1
+- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1574H1
+- **2017-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 340 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/429e2df9-18c7-4e36-a603-eb34fa4e859f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1579.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Defendants; transportation order from correctional facility."
+description: "Requires the court or clerk, upon request of the attorney for the Commonwealth or counsel for the defendant, to issue a transportation order for a defendant to be brought to court from a correctional facility."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1579"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1579 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Criminal Procedure", "Prisons and Other Methods of Correction"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3a8ff64-3408-4ae8-87f2-64094574c5d2"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1579"
+source_hash: "1a234152e395f6c9c17e1a5984e30ae4b3b895c01a3cf3c877562ed5b1005eec"
+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 HB 1579 (2017) — Defendants; transportation order from correctional facility.
+
+Requires the court or clerk, upon request of the attorney for the Commonwealth or counsel for the defendant, to issue a transportation order for a defendant to be brought to court from a correctional facility.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0479)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0479)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1579ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1579ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101551D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1579)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101551D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1579E)
+5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105560D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1579S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105560D-S1 — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101551D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB1579E
+- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17101551D-E
+- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 17105560D-S1
+- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1579S1
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105560D-S1 (94-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 479 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3a8ff64-3408-4ae8-87f2-64094574c5d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1580.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Child pornography; lawful possession by employees of Department of Social Services."
+description: "Provides that an employee of the Department of Social Services or a local department of social services may, in the course of conducting his professional duties, lawfully possess child pornography for a bona fide purpose."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1580"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1580 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Minors", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-02-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f44a364d-1648-4a08-aaa1-0bf10b1c126e"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1580"
+source_hash: "04c314f2be9a7f85a0ed4ee580202aa63586714777c349b23f4fbcf505dfeff2"
+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 HB 1580 (2017) — Child pornography; lawful possession by employees of Department of Social Services.
+
+Provides that an employee of the Department of Social Services or a local department of social services may, in the course of conducting his professional duties, lawfully possess child pornography for a bona fide purpose.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0096)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0096)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1580ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1580ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101992D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1580)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101992D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1580E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **31–8** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **11–4** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
+- Les R. Adams — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101992D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1580E
+- **2017-01-25** Printed as engrossed 17101992D-E
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
+- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
+- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 96 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f44a364d-1648-4a08-aaa1-0bf10b1c126e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1585.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Housing authorities; approval for construction, etc."
+description: "Provides that the governing body of a town, in addition to the governing body of a county or city as in current law, may authorize a housing authority to contract for the construction of additional housing or acquire land for, or purchase material for the construction or installation of, any sewerage, streets, sidewalks, lights, power, water, or any other facilities for such additional housing. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1585"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1585 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Authorities", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Housing"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8707cb83-6ddf-4aa4-b0d7-a01b93fedffd"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1585"
+source_hash: "d14e68b7ad27c070c1c59fd2fb370dbe1434712aa07cd9ca51c3faaa9a5a01a1"
+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 HB 1585 (2017) — Housing authorities; approval for construction, etc.
+
+Provides that the governing body of a town, in addition to the governing body of a county or city as in current law, may authorize a housing authority to contract for the construction of additional housing or acquire land for, or purchase material for the construction or installation of, any sewerage, streets, sidewalks, lights, power, water, or any other facilities for such additional housing. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0561)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1585ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1585ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101162D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1585)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
+- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101162D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 561 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8707cb83-6ddf-4aa4-b0d7-a01b93fedffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1586.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Court-ordered custody and visitation arrangements; transmission of order to child's school."
+description: "Provides that, in any custody or visitation case in which an order prohibiting a party from picking a child up from school is entered, the court shall order a party to provide a copy of such order to the child's school within three business days of the receipt of the order. The bill requires that, where a custody determination affects a child's school enrollment, the court order a party to provide a copy of the custody order to the child's new school within three business days of the child's enrollment. The bill further provides that if the court determines that a party is unable to deliver the order to the school, such party shall provide the court with the name of the principal and address of the school, and the court shall cause the order to be mailed to such principal."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1586"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1586 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Domestic Relations", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f19643db-c28e-429d-817f-ecdd2569cbcc"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1586"
+source_hash: "3ff9121b53f3fde5f8019843e78e5f7d78c48d09e48c9fc92062278ddb58cd63"
+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 HB 1586 (2017) — Court-ordered custody and visitation arrangements; transmission of order to child's school.
+
+Provides that, in any custody or visitation case in which an order prohibiting a party from picking a child up from school is entered, the court shall order a party to provide a copy of such order to the child's school within three business days of the receipt of the order. The bill requires that, where a custody determination affects a child's school enrollment, the court order a party to provide a copy of the custody order to the child's new school within three business days of the child's enrollment. The bill further provides that if the court determines that a party is unable to deliver the order to the school, such party shall provide the court with the name of the principal and address of the school, and the court shall cause the order to be mailed to such principal.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0509)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0509)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1586ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1586ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104442D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1586H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101164D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1586)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **19–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendments — **35–5** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **94–6** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **87–8** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **12–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
+- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101164D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 17104442D-H1
+- **2017-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1586H1
+- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-21** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2017-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-22** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-22** Senate amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 6-N)
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 509 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f19643db-c28e-429d-817f-ecdd2569cbcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1587.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; security of certain records."
+description: "Provides that information contained in engineering and construction drawings and plans for any single-family residential dwelling submitted for the purpose of complying with the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§ 36-97 et seq.) or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.) shall be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.), except to the applicant or the owner of the property upon the applicant's or owner's request."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1587"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1587 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Housing"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e37c49c-f38c-4d90-968a-45587987c0c4"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1587"
+source_hash: "256404d6f28a330b27e210ecbd02414ee371a698903bc1c8b958b738021fb727"
+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 HB 1587 (2017) — Uniform Statewide Building Code; security of certain records.
+
+Provides that information contained in engineering and construction drawings and plans for any single-family residential dwelling submitted for the purpose of complying with the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§ 36-97 et seq.) or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.) shall be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.), except to the applicant or the owner of the property upon the applicant's or owner's request.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0510)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0510)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1587ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1587ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101163D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1587)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101163D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1587E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–2** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
+- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101163D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-31** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended HB1587E
+- **2017-01-31** Printed as engrossed 17101163D-E
+- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 510 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e37c49c-f38c-4d90-968a-45587987c0c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1590.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Duty of care to law-enforcement officers and firefighters; fireman's rule."
+description: "Provides that the common-law doctrine known as the fireman's rule, as described in the bill, shall not be a defense to certain claims. The fireman's rule is based on assumption of the usual risks of injury in such employment, whether caused by a negligent or a nonnegligent act of the defendant."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1590"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1590 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Police", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3e11e3d-1903-4043-a98d-088903f99690"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1590"
+source_hash: "1b853d027f88237a15dedc59e0540f742b38553fd08f499dd1d4e58f778a2950"
+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 HB 1590 (2017) — Duty of care to law-enforcement officers and firefighters; fireman's rule.
+
+Provides that the common-law doctrine known as the fireman's rule, as described in the bill, shall not be a defense to certain claims. The fireman's rule is based on assumption of the usual risks of injury in such employment, whether caused by a negligent or a nonnegligent act of the defendant.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0315)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0315)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1590ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1590ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102558D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1590)
+4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105562D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1590S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105562D-S1 — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
+- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102558D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 17105562D-S1
+- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1590S1
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105562D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 315 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3e11e3d-1903-4043-a98d-088903f99690`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1591.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; site and building assessment program, etc."
+description: "Lowers the minimum size of industrial sites that may be included in the Authority's site and building assessment program from 250 acres to 100 acres. The bill contains a technical amendment. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1591"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1591 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Authorities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matthew James"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc0dea39-a5b9-4499-9793-36e99ebcec4e"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1591"
+source_hash: "0b6e34a5ad8fda6138827e1b977cbd1e23772ea89943f2564bce31e536bb87b1"
+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 HB 1591 (2017) — Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; site and building assessment program, etc.
+
+Lowers the minimum size of industrial sites that may be included in the Authority's site and building assessment program from 250 acres to 100 acres. The bill contains a technical amendment. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0013)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1591ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1591ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102591D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1591)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matthew James — primary (person)
+- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
+- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102591D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-11** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-24** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
+- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 13 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc0dea39-a5b9-4499-9793-36e99ebcec4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1592.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Comprehensive community colleges; academic credit."
+description: "Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to require each comprehensive community college to develop policies and procedures for awarding academic credit to enrolled students who have successfully completed a state-approved registered apprenticeship credential. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1592"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1592 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matthew James"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-02-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e500168-59ce-423b-8cad-1bd2593c58d7"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1592"
+source_hash: "e7ae5ffe8e8090eb92316f9248ceb8fe5352a7f25c9fa84cd592533e90a1f3b6"
+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 HB 1592 (2017) — Comprehensive community colleges; academic credit.
+
+Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to require each comprehensive community college to develop policies and procedures for awarding academic credit to enrolled students who have successfully completed a state-approved registered apprenticeship credential. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0130)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0130)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1592ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1592ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101280D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1592)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matthew James — primary (person)
+- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
+- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
+- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
+- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101280D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 130 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e500168-59ce-423b-8cad-1bd2593c58d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1597.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Stormwater management utility, local; waiver of charges when stormwater retained on site."
+description: "Requires any locality establishing a stormwater management utility to provide a full or partial waiver of charges for a person whose approved stormwater management plan indicates that the stormwater produced by his property is retained and treated on site."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1597"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1597 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Conservation", "Counties", "Cities and Towns"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Webert"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea0edb9e-8dc2-4b43-86e9-c129415dc8bc"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1597"
+source_hash: "8bb0ae8f73812e15d3b867509980711dec9ce15207d46ffd5457a129d8becc8b"
+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 HB 1597 (2017) — Stormwater management utility, local; waiver of charges when stormwater retained on site.
+
+Requires any locality establishing a stormwater management utility to provide a full or partial waiver of charges for a person whose approved stormwater management plan indicates that the stormwater produced by his property is retained and treated on site.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0375)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0375)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1597ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1597ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102615D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1597)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17102615D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1597E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Local Government — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **93–4** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michael J. Webert — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102615D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-31** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended HB1597E
+- **2017-01-31** Printed as engrossed 17102615D-E
+- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 4-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 375 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea0edb9e-8dc2-4b43-86e9-c129415dc8bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1600.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Landfills; DEQ, et al., to work towards odor reduction in Campbell County."
+description: "Directs the Department of Environmental Quality and the Region 2000 Services Authority (the Authority) to continue to reduce the odor issues at the landfill operated by the Authority in Campbell County and to report on their efforts to the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by November 1, 2017. The bill also requires the Authority to connect certain parts of its landfill gas collection system to the existing collection system when its engineers advise it that the connections will operate efficiently."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1600"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1600 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Authorities", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports", "Waste Disposal"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. Matthew Fariss"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2017-01-03"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cb52ed3-9aed-42bc-b943-95f42be83b86"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1600"
+source_hash: "6797d6bc593afc44d0cc8516d08a61383eec0d3f3a7b921ad24c95c3aa402b6e"
+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 HB 1600 (2017) — Landfills; DEQ, et al., to work towards odor reduction in Campbell County.
+
+Directs the Department of Environmental Quality and the Region 2000 Services Authority (the Authority) to continue to reduce the odor issues at the landfill operated by the Authority in Campbell County and to report on their efforts to the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by November 1, 2017. The bill also requires the Authority to connect certain parts of its landfill gas collection system to the existing collection system when its engineers advise it that the connections will operate efficiently.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0341)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0341)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1600ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1600ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104800D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1600H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101973D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1600)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. Matthew Fariss — primary (person)
+- Rick L. Morris — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101973D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 17104800D-H1
+- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1600H1
+- **2017-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 341 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cb52ed3-9aed-42bc-b943-95f42be83b86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1604.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Foster care; definitions, reasonable efforts to prevent removal of child."
+description: "Allows a local board of social services to take a child into immediate custody pursuant to an emergency removal order in cases in which the child is alleged to have been abused or neglected and allows a court to issue certain orders in such cases, without requiring that reasonable efforts be made to prevent removal of the child from his home if (i) the parental residual rights of the child's parent over a sibling were involuntarily terminated; (ii) the parent was convicted of murder or voluntary manslaughter, or a felony attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit any such offense, if the victim was a child of or resided with the parent or was the other parent of the child; (iii) the parent was convicted of felony assault resulting in serious bodily injury or felony bodily wounding resulting in serious bodily injury or felony sexual assault, if the victim was a child of or resided with the parent; or (iv) on the basis of clear and convincing evidence, the parent has subjected any child to aggravated circumstances or abandoned a child under circumstances that would justify the termination of residual parental rights. The bill provides that, in each permanency planning hearing and in any hearing regarding the transition of the child from foster care to independent living, the court shall consult with the child, unless the court finds that such consultation is not in the best interests of the child. The bill makes other changes related to foster care to comply with federal requirements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1604"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1604 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Minors", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-03"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f06a7c8-ee94-44a0-a2fa-3f3202669c7c"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1604"
+source_hash: "c00e9b4c4762200edc351653bd6551da3441bde7339532e1682e658c7b23b87c"
+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 HB 1604 (2017) — Foster care; definitions, reasonable efforts to prevent removal of child.
+
+Allows a local board of social services to take a child into immediate custody pursuant to an emergency removal order in cases in which the child is alleged to have been abused or neglected and allows a court to issue certain orders in such cases, without requiring that reasonable efforts be made to prevent removal of the child from his home if (i) the parental residual rights of the child's parent over a sibling were involuntarily terminated; (ii) the parent was convicted of murder or voluntary manslaughter, or a felony attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit any such offense, if the victim was a child of or resided with the parent or was the other parent of the child; (iii) the parent was convicted of felony assault resulting in serious bodily injury or felony bodily wounding resulting in serious bodily injury or felony sexual assault, if the victim was a child of or resided with the parent; or (iv) on the basis of clear and convincing evidence, the parent has subjected any child to aggravated circumstances or abandoned a child under circumstances that would justify the termination of residual parental rights. The bill provides that, in each permanency planning hearing and in any hearing regarding the transition of the child from foster care to independent living, the court shall consult with the child, unless the court finds that such consultation is not in the best interests of the child. The bill makes other changes related to foster care to comply with federal requirements.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0190)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0190)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1604ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1604ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104379D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1604H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101355D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1604)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101355D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Committee substitute agreed to 17104379D-H1
+- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1604H1
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 190 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f06a7c8-ee94-44a0-a2fa-3f3202669c7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1608.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act."
+description: "Creates the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. The bill allows fiduciaries to manage digital property such as computer files, web domains, and virtual currency, and restricts a fiduciary's access to electronic communications such as email, text messages, and social media accounts unless the original user consented to such access in a will, trust, power of attorney, or other record. The bill repeals the Privacy Expectation Afterlife and Choices Act, which was enacted in 2015. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1608"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1608 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Wills", "Trusts", "and Fiduciaries"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-03"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c26225e1-ff93-4b60-a669-94355fbcf9ba"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1608"
+source_hash: "1a6b103ea5cf9255e9196e0fe8e90c89e427ab1e94e9c0a0cb71ebec7122cfea"
+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 HB 1608 (2017) — Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.
+
+Creates the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. The bill allows fiduciaries to manage digital property such as computer files, web domains, and virtual currency, and restricts a fiduciary's access to electronic communications such as email, text messages, and social media accounts unless the original user consented to such access in a will, trust, power of attorney, or other record. The bill repeals the Privacy Expectation Afterlife and Choices Act, which was enacted in 2015. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0033)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0033)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1608ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1608ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101621D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1608)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101621D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
+- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 33 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c26225e1-ff93-4b60-a669-94355fbcf9ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1609.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Nurse practitioner as expert witness; scope of activities."
+description: "References the specific Code section outlining the scope of a nurse practitioner's activities in the context of the current provision that authorizes a nurse practitioner to testify as an expert witness within the scope of his activities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1609"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1609 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Criminal Procedure", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2017-01-03"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/807b3c4b-271b-4920-a574-71e5a762c306"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1609"
+source_hash: "5ef5ccec33e0bf0e61227ebbb9090986f6d1444059f4a348e28763233679c2fa"
+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 HB 1609 (2017) — Nurse practitioner as expert witness; scope of activities.
+
+References the specific Code section outlining the scope of a nurse practitioner's activities in the context of the current provision that authorizes a nurse practitioner to testify as an expert witness within the scope of his activities.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0413)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0413)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1609ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1609ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101624D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1609)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101624D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
+- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 413 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/807b3c4b-271b-4920-a574-71e5a762c306`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1610.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Drug Control Act; Schedule I."
+description: "Adds certain chemical substances to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances to Schedule I in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule. The bill also removes two substances, benzylfentanyl and thienylfentanyl, from Schedule I. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1610"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1610 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["T. Scott Garrett"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-03"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50a2b4a3-1e68-478c-bae4-3cb6f113730e"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1610"
+source_hash: "6fdb6e88a5c382ccb6bc41c6aaba1e95363898971b36306cb9ca01b6034967d5"
+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 HB 1610 (2017) — Drug Control Act; Schedule I.
+
+Adds certain chemical substances to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances to Schedule I in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule. The bill also removes two substances, benzylfentanyl and thienylfentanyl, from Schedule I. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0414)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0414)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1610ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1610ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101921D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1610)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101921D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1610E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate with amendments — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101921D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-19** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-19** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-01-19** Engrossed by House as amended HB1610E
+- **2017-01-19** Printed as engrossed 17101921D-E
+- **2017-01-20** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2017-02-13** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-15** Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 414 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50a2b4a3-1e68-478c-bae4-3cb6f113730e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+