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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Discharge of treasurer; legal pleadings."
+description: "Provides that the attorney for a locality may prepare and file any pleadings necessary in a proceeding to discharge the treasurer. If the locality does not have an attorney, or the attorney declines or is unable to perform this task, the circuit court shall assign legal counsel."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 1459"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1459 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2017-01-16"
+last_action: "2017-03-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8340ab18-4883-4439-b9c2-e182b5392e86"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1459"
+source_hash: "fa32c847c624bf05623f85b6eb590c78166496df6b7b484e74c35b9dedd67d17"
+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 1459 (2017) — Discharge of treasurer; legal pleadings.
+
+Provides that the attorney for a locality may prepare and file any pleadings necessary in a proceeding to discharge the treasurer. If the locality does not have an attorney, or the attorney declines or is unable to perform this task, the circuit court shall assign legal counsel.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0677)
+2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1459ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1459ER)
+3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104926D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1459S1)
+4. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17104175D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1459)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance with substitute — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed by indefinitely in Finance — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 17104175D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-16** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-25** Reconsidered by Finance
+- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 17104926D-S1
+- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1459S1
+- **2017-02-06** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-22** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **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 677 (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/8340ab18-4883-4439-b9c2-e182b5392e86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+