republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1524.md

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Bill	Special conservators of the peace; liability insurance, etc.	Requires that each person registered as or seeking registration as a special conservator of the peace be covered by a policy of (i) personal injury liability insurance, (ii) property damage liability insurance, and (iii) miscellaneous casualty insurance that includes professional liability insurance that provides coverage for any activity within the scope of the duties of a special conservator of the peace, in an amount and with coverage for each as fixed by the Criminal Justice Services Board.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1524	Virginia HB 1524 (2017)	bill	Criminal Procedure Insurance	enacted	L. Scott Lingamfelter	4	22	9	2016-12-23	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/1b74e9b2-6ed0-4083-b3cd-6e0324d04102	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1524	5a83e6f10ceb6c02ccb1c91659ecc4f4909aedbada75762b560ddedf66d0ec03	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1524 (2017) — Special conservators of the peace; liability insurance, etc.

Requires that each person registered as or seeking registration as a special conservator of the peace be covered by a policy of (i) personal injury liability insurance, (ii) property damage liability insurance, and (iii) miscellaneous casualty insurance that includes professional liability insurance that provides coverage for any activity within the scope of the duties of a special conservator of the peace, in an amount and with coverage for each as fixed by the Criminal Justice Services Board.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0494) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1524ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104673D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102373D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with amendment — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 18–3 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 76–18 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendment agreed to by House — 75–22 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• L. Scott Lingamfelter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-23 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102373D introduction
• 2016-12-23 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 17104673D-H1
• 2017-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1524H1
• 2017-02-02 Read third time and passed House (76-Y 18-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-20 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-20 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2017-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-21 Senate amendment agreed to by House (75-Y 22-N)
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 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 494 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b74e9b2-6ed0-4083-b3cd-6e0324d04102. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).