republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-487.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Artificial intelligence by public bodies; Joint Commission on Technology & Science to examine use."
description: "Use of artificial intelligence by public bodies; prohibitions; Commission on Artificial Intelligence established; report; sunset. Prohibits any public body from implementing any system that employs artificial intelligence, defined in the bill, unless such public body (i) performs an initial impact assessment and ongoing impact assessments of such system to ensure its use will not result in any unlawful discrimination against any individual or group of individuals or have any disparate impact on any individual or group of individuals and (ii) does not implement or ceases to use such system if such effects occur. The bill requires all public bodies that implement such systems to submit an annual report on such assessments and provide an inventory of all such systems used to the appropriate entity designated in the bill. The bill directs the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth to develop, publish, and maintain policies and procedures concerning systems that employ artificial intelligence and are used by public bodies. The bill creates the Commission on Artificial Intelligence to advise the General Assembly on issues related to artificial intelligence and make advisory recommendations on its findings. The Commission sunsets on July 1, 2027. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. This bill incorporates SB 621. "
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 487"
citation: "Virginia SB 487 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bee5ce4-9da9-4908-a7ad-c59987037b42"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB487"
source_hash: "c03d3561b5dfba91c07810c51d1db043cc42d30db491e22b9fff743998fd5b02"
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 487 (2024) — Artificial intelligence by public bodies; Joint Commission on Technology & Science to examine use.

Use of artificial intelligence by public bodies; prohibitions; Commission on Artificial Intelligence established; report; sunset. Prohibits any public body from implementing any system that employs artificial intelligence, defined in the bill, unless such public body (i) performs an initial impact assessment and ongoing impact assessments of such system to ensure its use will not result in any unlawful discrimination against any individual or group of individuals or have any disparate impact on any individual or group of individuals and (ii) does not implement or ceases to use such system if such effects occur. The bill requires all public bodies that implement such systems to submit an annual report on such assessments and provide an inventory of all such systems used to the appropriate entity designated in the bill. The bill directs the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth to develop, publish, and maintain policies and procedures concerning systems that employ artificial intelligence and are used by public bodies. The bill creates the Commission on Artificial Intelligence to advise the General Assembly on issues related to artificial intelligence and make advisory recommendations on its findings. The Commission sunsets on July 1, 2027. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. This bill incorporates SB 621. 

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0678** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0678)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106692D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB487S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 24108421D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB487H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103787D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB487)
5. **SB487ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB487ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N) — **34–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (15-Y 4-N) — **15–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 7-N) — **88–7** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
- Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103787D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB487)
- **2024-01-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-24** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-24** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-31** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Committee substitute printed 24106692D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Incorporates SB621 (Pillion)
- **2024-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB487S1)
- **2024-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-02** Passed by for the day
- **2024-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Committee amendments rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2024-02-05** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 24106692D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB487S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (15-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Committee substitute printed 24108421D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 24108421D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB487H1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-04** Passed House with substitute (89-Y 7-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB487H1)
- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 7-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N) `substitution`
- **2024-03-05** Title replaced 24108421D-H1
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB487ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB487ER)
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 678 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0678)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bee5ce4-9da9-4908-a7ad-c59987037b42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).