republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-969.md

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Bill	Legislative drafting requests.	Legislative drafting requests.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 969	Virginia SB 969 (2017)	bill	General Assembly	enacted	A. Benton "Ben" Chafin	3	15	6	2017-01-03	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/729ae8c6-466c-403d-8cb6-7b6cbdbd0252	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB969	a50c61313326c3354ea41a7afda3ae9752a32648a2781496f5c602df22308d47	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 969 (2017) — Legislative drafting requests.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB969ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102109D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rules — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rules — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102109D introduction
• 2017-01-03 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 489 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/729ae8c6-466c-403d-8cb6-7b6cbdbd0252. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).