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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: "HB 2364"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2364 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Elections", "Emergency Legislation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Steve E. Heretick"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-16"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6ec18f4-2aab-487a-8b7f-38885e8be2d4"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2364"
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source_hash: "e077b09e700734c85bb60fc6c6bedefe151fe7467ea190c9d3c1d2fca0b7500d"
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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 HB 2364 (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 (CHAP0354)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0354)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2364ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2364ER)
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3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17104186D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2364)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17104186D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2364E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **95–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Steve E. Heretick — primary (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
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- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew James — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 17104186D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-16** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-18** Assigned P & E sub: Campaigns `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-01** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-02** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-03** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-03** Amendment by Delegate Jones agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-02-03** Emergency clause added
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- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB2364E
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- **2017-02-03** Printed as engrossed 17104186D-E
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- **2017-02-06** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-21** 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 354 (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/c6ec18f4-2aab-487a-8b7f-38885e8be2d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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