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+type: "Bill"
+title: "DUI; search warrants for blood withdrawals."
+description: "Provides that an application for a search warrant to perform a blood test on a person suspected of committing a DUI-related offense shall be given priority over pending matters that do not involve an imminent risk to another's health or safety."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 1564"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1564 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Criminal Procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thomas K. Norment, Jr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-20"
+last_action: "2017-03-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99d6ba59-2807-42c9-9ad2-fc638e37106c"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1564"
+source_hash: "cf123c12973abd5746b20705b0b09d9798eab2e0f71e3bb8070182024bd5f318"
+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 1564 (2017) — DUI; search warrants for blood withdrawals.
+
+Provides that an application for a search warrant to perform a blood test on a person suspected of committing a DUI-related offense shall be given priority over pending matters that do not involve an imminent risk to another's health or safety.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0673)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0673)
+2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1564ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1564ER)
+3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17104247D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1564)
+4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104247D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1564E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 17104247D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2017-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1564E
+- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17104247D-E
+- **2017-02-09** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-10** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 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 673 (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/99d6ba59-2807-42c9-9ad2-fc638e37106c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+