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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Inspector General, Office of the; \"state agency\" includes any local dept. of social services."
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description: "Extends the jurisdiction of the Office of the State Inspector General by amending the definition of \"state agency\" to include any local department of social services."
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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 2237"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2237 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin L. Cline"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-11"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec69dde5-4c5b-4aca-826c-cf015f048224"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2237"
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source_hash: "83e6d4e0596a3efac1e6fc6cae813b8a83bec4460a5441b64cd4280f4e230fe2"
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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 2237 (2017) — State Inspector General, Office of the; "state agency" includes any local dept. of social services.
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Extends the jurisdiction of the Office of the State Inspector General by amending the definition of "state agency" to include any local department of social services.
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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 (CHAP0590)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0590)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2237ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2237ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103056D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2237)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17103056D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2237E)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate receded from amendment — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendment rejected by House — **0–100** (fail) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Benjamin L. Cline — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103056D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-18** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB2237E
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- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17103056D-E
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-22** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-23** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-23** Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 100-N)
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 590 (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/ec69dde5-4c5b-4aca-826c-cf015f048224`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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