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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public officers; automatic suspension upon conviction of felony."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1487"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1487 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-17"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5df4d8ae-637d-49a5-84dd-86c657c32156"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1487"
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source_hash: "f8142ccea2648bd6913090303da1bcba1479a69d45a3bbedf37ebc724af47bd1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1487 (2017) — Public officers; automatic suspension upon conviction of felony.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0369)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1487ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1487ER)
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3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17104177D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1487)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Bill R. DeSteph, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 17104177D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-17** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-02** Assigned P & E sub: Campaigns `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-14** Emergency clause added
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- **2017-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2017-02-14** Passed House with amendments (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-16** House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 369 (effective 3/13/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5df4d8ae-637d-49a5-84dd-86c657c32156`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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