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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board; increases membership."
description: "Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board; membership. Adds two county, city, town, or regional government geographic information system (GIS) directors or managers as members of the Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board. This bill is identical to HB 117."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 127"
citation: "Virginia SB 127 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-12-17"
last_action: "2020-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7520b67b-6de9-4d11-b596-9b71156579a0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB127"
source_hash: "211bba418dffcd310fce2ae5fce072a982388705e0062fe35a4b8ab3bf41d2b2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 127 (2020) — Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board; increases membership.
Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board; membership. Adds two county, city, town, or regional government geographic information system (GIS) directors or managers as members of the Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board. This bill is identical to HB 117.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0175)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB127ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB127ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB127)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB127)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-12-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101409D `introduction`
- **2019-12-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB127)
- **2020-01-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Enrolled
- **2020-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB127ER)
- **2020-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-25** Signed by President
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
- **2020-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 175 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7520b67b-6de9-4d11-b596-9b71156579a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).