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type: "Bill"
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title: "Conservators of the peace; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth."
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description: "Designates an investigator who is employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth as a conservator of the peace, provided that such investigator was an active law-enforcement officer within 10 years immediately prior to being employed by the attorney for the Commonwealth and retired or resigned from that position in good standing."
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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 1594"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1594 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jill Holtzman Vogel"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-27"
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last_action: "2017-03-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13edc24e-e780-4fd1-b00c-3b2f329b0d46"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1594"
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source_hash: "0f3eab41a7ebe22f54c53270cdc206d04165d4c30ae8a0931fd5763d8b735a8c"
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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 1594 (2017) — Conservators of the peace; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth.
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Designates an investigator who is employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth as a conservator of the peace, provided that such investigator was an active law-enforcement officer within 10 years immediately prior to being employed by the attorney for the Commonwealth and retired or resigned from that position in good standing.
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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 (CHAP0674)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0674)
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2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105548D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1594H1)
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3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1594ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1594ER)
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4. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17104364D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1594)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–1** (pass) · legislature
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-27** Unanimous consent to introduce
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- **2017-01-27** Presented and ordered printed 17104364D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 17105548D-H1
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- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1594H1
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- **2017-02-22** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-23** Title replaced 17105548D-H1
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 674 (effective 7/1/17) `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/13edc24e-e780-4fd1-b00c-3b2f329b0d46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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