---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservators of the peace; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth."
description: "Designates an investigator who is employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth as a conservator of the peace, provided that such investigator was an active law-enforcement officer within 10 years immediately prior to being employed by the attorney for the Commonwealth and retired or resigned from that position in good standing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1594"
citation: "Virginia SB 1594 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Holtzman Vogel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13edc24e-e780-4fd1-b00c-3b2f329b0d46"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1594"
source_hash: "0f3eab41a7ebe22f54c53270cdc206d04165d4c30ae8a0931fd5763d8b735a8c"
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 1594 (2017) — Conservators of the peace; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth.

Designates an investigator who is employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth as a conservator of the peace, provided that such investigator was an active law-enforcement officer within 10 years immediately prior to being employed by the attorney for the Commonwealth and retired or resigned from that position in good standing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0674)
2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105548D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1594H1)
3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1594ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1594ER)
4. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17104364D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1594)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–1** (pass) · legislature
- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** Unanimous consent to introduce
- **2017-01-27** Presented and ordered printed 17104364D `introduction`
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** 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** Committee substitute agreed to 17105548D-H1
- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1594H1
- **2017-02-22** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Title replaced 17105548D-H1
- **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 674 (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/13edc24e-e780-4fd1-b00c-3b2f329b0d46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).