republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1117.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	School counselors; licensure.	School counselors; licensure.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1117	Virginia SB 1117 (2017)	bill	Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Education	enacted	Jeremy S. McPike	3	16	6	2017-01-09	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/9f6a272b-ca8d-4b74-925b-b33b8bef49c4	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1117	c3343c994bc74a346713097cba102ba9eb9f0d72171cca2bc4118c163a29d12b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1117 (2017) — School counselors; licensure.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0520) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1117ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102221D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate — 31–9 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House — 98–2 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 10–5 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102221D introduction
• 2017-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-09 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-22 Passed House (98-Y 2-N) passage
• 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
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 520 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f6a272b-ca8d-4b74-925b-b33b8bef49c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).