---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney discipline; procedures."
description: "Conforms the statutory procedures for disciplining attorneys to the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 874"
citation: "Virginia SB 874 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas K. Norment, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-14"
last_action: "2017-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9183a827-617c-4c8c-8620-5dc80890e464"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB874"
source_hash: "e18a291bd7e1f6fc6861c476e82cb1d162214a9d2764e83723b1e91f98d59a46"
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 874 (2017) — Attorney discipline; procedures.

Conforms the statutory procedures for disciplining attorneys to the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia. 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 (CHAP0091)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0091)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB874ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB874ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101075D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB874)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101075D `introduction`
- **2016-12-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `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`
- **2017-02-14** Enrolled
- **2017-02-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-15** Signed by President
- **2017-02-15** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
- **2017-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 91 (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/9183a827-617c-4c8c-8620-5dc80890e464`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).