republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1122.md

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Bill	Applicants for public assistance; contact information.	Requires local departments of social services to collect from every applicant for public assistance alternative contact information, such as the applicant's email address and cell phone number, and the applicant's preferred method of contact, including direct mail, email, text message, or phone call. Under current law, local departments of social services are required to obtain only the applicant's best available address and telephone number.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1122	Virginia SB 1122 (2017)	bill	Welfare (Social Services)	enacted	Jeremy S. McPike	3	17	7	2017-01-09	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/23ceef4e-ceca-448a-847d-cac369e5a91e	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1122	49ca7970204950a70c20b49007ecebed448bbb81fbcf76b97a4858e7981f6ef5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1122 (2017) — Applicants for public assistance; contact information.

Requires local departments of social services to collect from every applicant for public assistance alternative contact information, such as the applicant's email address and cell phone number, and the applicant's preferred method of contact, including direct mail, email, text message, or phone call. Under current law, local departments of social services are required to obtain only the applicant's best available address and telephone number.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0472) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1122ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102803D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102803D introduction
• 2017-01-09 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 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 on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-22 Enrolled
• 2017-02-22 Signed by President
• 2017-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
• 2017-02-23 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 472 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23ceef4e-ceca-448a-847d-cac369e5a91e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).