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type: "Bill"
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title: "Presentence report; waiver by defendant."
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description: "Expands from guilty to guilty or nolo contendere the pleas for which a court is required to direct a probation officer to create a presentence report upon conviction for certain felonies. The bill provides that upon a conviction or plea agreement for such felonies, the defendant and the attorney for the Commonwealth may waive the presentence report."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1647"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1647 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["G. Manoli Loupassi"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-04"
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last_action: "2017-02-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a1f042f-6f22-458b-93dc-d3f39fcdac16"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1647"
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source_hash: "0e1e09ba7b6e509fdbbba8aa2d659b6364eb111b383c4c45b11bc581fa783592"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1647 (2017) — Presentence report; waiver by defendant.
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Expands from guilty to guilty or nolo contendere the pleas for which a court is required to direct a probation officer to create a presentence report upon conviction for certain felonies. The bill provides that upon a conviction or plea agreement for such felonies, the defendant and the attorney for the Commonwealth may waive the presentence report.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0045)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1647ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1647ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102160D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1647)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17102160D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1647E)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- G. Manoli Loupassi — primary (person)
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- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102160D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-25** Passed by temporarily
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- **2017-01-25** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1647E
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- **2017-01-25** Printed as engrossed 17102160D-E
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- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-08** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-08** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-10** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-10** Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
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- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
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- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 45 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a1f042f-6f22-458b-93dc-d3f39fcdac16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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