republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1293.md

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Bill	State agencies; criminal background checks for certain positions.	Requires each state agency to continue to record in the Personnel Management Information System (PMIS) positions that it has designated as sensitive to ensure that the Department of Human Resources Management has a list of all such positions. The bill clarifies who would be subject to a criminal background investigation in a sensitive position. The bill expands the definition of sensitive position to include those positions (i) responsible for the health, safety, and welfare of citizens or the protection of critical infrastructures; (ii) that have access to sensitive information, including access to Federal Tax Information in approved exchange agreements with the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration; and (iii) that are otherwise required by state or federal law to be designated as sensitive. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1293	Virginia SB 1293 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Civil Remedies and Procedure Criminal Procedure Emergency Legislation	enacted	Ryan T. McDougle	4	19	7	2017-01-10	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/e97a8534-e6cb-4488-8af0-5b0f41113380	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1293	c4cb6659170b8c870371fb1dff9f21cbfc50c663795c36947a2415c3f9a0002f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1293 (2017) — State agencies; criminal background checks for certain positions.

Requires each state agency to continue to record in the Personnel Management Information System (PMIS) positions that it has designated as sensitive to ensure that the Department of Human Resources Management has a list of all such positions. The bill clarifies who would be subject to a criminal background investigation in a sensitive position. The bill expands the definition of sensitive position to include those positions (i) responsible for the health, safety, and welfare of citizens or the protection of critical infrastructures; (ii) that have access to sensitive information, including access to Federal Tax Information in approved exchange agreements with the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration; and (iii) that are otherwise required by state or federal law to be designated as sensitive. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0431) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1293ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104885D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101473D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101473D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17104885D-S1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1293S1
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws 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 431 (effective 3/13/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e97a8534-e6cb-4488-8af0-5b0f41113380. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).