---
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).