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type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation; suitably equipped automobile for incapacitated employee."
description: "Workers' compensation; suitably equipped automobile for incapacitated employee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1201"
citation: "Virginia SB 1201 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Persons with Disabilities", "Workers' Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4cc3af5-3663-46d2-b32e-fbec62cb7097"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1201"
source_hash: "6f9ed9428743df41f84a53acbcf0abb62cebb06fa1c2ad7d1466fea422139c06"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 1201 (2017) — Workers' compensation; suitably equipped automobile for incapacitated employee.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0491)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0491)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1201ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1201ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101912D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1201)
## Votes
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **210** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **141** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **345** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101912D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-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 491 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4cc3af5-3663-46d2-b32e-fbec62cb7097`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).