---
type: "Bill"
title: "Blanket surety bonds; proof of coverage of local officer."
description: "Blanket surety bonds; proof of coverage of local officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1558"
citation: "Virginia SB 1558 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Counties", "Cities and Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Chapman Petersen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62e2ce22-6104-4a76-b3c3-060ce8e389f5"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1558"
source_hash: "c560575e87d1562d0d441852af9588986111a524d71390b46ec14da8eb62a513"
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 1558 (2017) — Blanket surety bonds; proof of coverage of local officer.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0598)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0598)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1558ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1558ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103965D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1558)

## Votes

- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Local Government — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 17103965D `introduction`
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **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
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 598 (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/62e2ce22-6104-4a76-b3c3-060ce8e389f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).