republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1487.md

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Bill	Public officers; automatic suspension upon conviction of felony.	Provides that any officer who is convicted of a felony under the laws of any state or the United States shall be automatically suspended upon such conviction, regardless of any appeals, pleadings, delays, or motions. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1487	Virginia SB 1487 (2017)	bill		enacted	Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr.	3	20	5	2017-01-17	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/5df4d8ae-637d-49a5-84dd-86c657c32156	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1487	f8142ccea2648bd6913090303da1bcba1479a69d45a3bbedf37ebc724af47bd1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1487 (2017) — Public officers; automatic suspension upon conviction of felony.

Provides that any officer who is convicted of a felony under the laws of any state or the United States shall be automatically suspended upon such conviction, regardless of any appeals, pleadings, delays, or motions. 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 (CHAP0369) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1487ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17104177D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments — 19–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Privileges and Elections — 14–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)
• Bill R. DeSteph, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 17104177D introduction
• 2017-01-17 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2017-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Assigned P & E sub: Campaigns referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-14 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-02-14 Emergency clause added
• 2017-02-14 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2017-02-14 Passed House with amendments (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-16 House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 369 (effective 3/13/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5df4d8ae-637d-49a5-84dd-86c657c32156. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).