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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Search warrants; person subject to arrest."
+description: "Authorizes the issuance of a search warrant to search for and seize any person for whom a warrant or process for arrest has been issued. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 1260"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1260 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Black"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2017-01-10"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37eb61ff-c3a3-4b9e-959f-91028a591798"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1260"
+source_hash: "0f93dcef2ad91a1a2fffb1c1d1b1438e3575739dfcbb5270de5943b621c01c39"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 1260 (2017) — Search warrants; person subject to arrest.
+
+Authorizes the issuance of a search warrant to search for and seize any person for whom a warrant or process for arrest has been issued. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. 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 (CHAP0242)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0242)
+2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1260ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1260ER)
+3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103227D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1260)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard H. Black — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103227D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-31** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-01** Passed by temporarily
+- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed by temporarily
+- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-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
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 242 (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/37eb61ff-c3a3-4b9e-959f-91028a591798`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+