---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aging, Commonwealth Council on; duties."
description: "Aging, Commonwealth Council on; duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1437"
citation: "Virginia SB 1437 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Persons with Disabilities", "Senior Citizens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75fdb2ef-512e-4e32-b46a-7c95c13840d3"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1437"
source_hash: "5b3c06f683ef0b065e6b8bcb7ba37b687a1175deaf41774fffbe4603bb05a4ae"
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 1437 (2017) — Aging, Commonwealth Council on; duties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0202)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0202)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1437ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1437ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103468D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1437)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–1** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-13** Presented and ordered printed 17103468D `introduction`
- **2017-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **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 202 (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/75fdb2ef-512e-4e32-b46a-7c95c13840d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).