---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financial exploitation of adults; cases referred to law-enforcement agency."
description: "Clarifies that all cases involving suspected financial exploitation of an adult shall be immediately referred to a local law-enforcement agency for investigation. The bill directs local law-enforcement agencies to provide a preferred point of contact for referrals. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1462"
citation: "Virginia SB 1462 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Police", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d6f21c9-5aaa-48ae-908c-5c99f7447559"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1462"
source_hash: "c0e5727afb8d7de9b59a5a2ce84f765c23831aafc116a9da96c81af734e937b7"
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 1462 (2017) — Financial exploitation of adults; cases referred to law-enforcement agency.

Clarifies that all cases involving suspected financial exploitation of an adult shall be immediately referred to a local law-enforcement agency for investigation. The bill directs local law-enforcement agencies to provide a preferred point of contact for referrals. 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 (CHAP0473)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0473)
2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105342D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1462H1)
3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1462ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1462ER)
4. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103239D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1462)
5. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103239D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1462E)

## Votes

- Passed House with substitute — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 17103239D `introduction`
- **2017-01-16** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Reading of amendment waived
- **2017-01-31** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-01-31** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1462E
- **2017-01-31** Printed as engrossed 17103239D-E
- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** Passed by for the day
- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 17105342D-H1
- **2017-02-17** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1462H1
- **2017-02-17** Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-21** Title replaced 17105342D-H1
- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **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 473 (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/7d6f21c9-5aaa-48ae-908c-5c99f7447559`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).