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type: "Bill"
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title: "State agencies; criminal background checks for certain positions."
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description: "Requires each state agency to continue to record in the Personnel Management Information System (PMIS) positions that it has designated as sensitive to ensure that the Department of Human Resources Management has a list of all such positions. The bill clarifies who would be subject to a criminal background investigation in a sensitive position. The bill expands the definition of sensitive position to include those positions (i) responsible for the health, safety, and welfare of citizens or the protection of critical infrastructures; (ii) that have access to sensitive information, including access to Federal Tax Information in approved exchange agreements with the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration; and (iii) that are otherwise required by state or federal law to be designated as sensitive. 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: "SB 1293"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1293 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Criminal Procedure", "Emergency Legislation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ryan T. McDougle"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e97a8534-e6cb-4488-8af0-5b0f41113380"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1293"
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source_hash: "c4cb6659170b8c870371fb1dff9f21cbfc50c663795c36947a2415c3f9a0002f"
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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 1293 (2017) — State agencies; criminal background checks for certain positions.
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Requires each state agency to continue to record in the Personnel Management Information System (PMIS) positions that it has designated as sensitive to ensure that the Department of Human Resources Management has a list of all such positions. The bill clarifies who would be subject to a criminal background investigation in a sensitive position. The bill expands the definition of sensitive position to include those positions (i) responsible for the health, safety, and welfare of citizens or the protection of critical infrastructures; (ii) that have access to sensitive information, including access to Federal Tax Information in approved exchange agreements with the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration; and (iii) that are otherwise required by state or federal law to be designated as sensitive. 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 (CHAP0431)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0431)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1293ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1293ER)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104885D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1293S1)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101473D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1293)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101473D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17104885D-S1
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1293S1
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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 on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-23** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
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- **2017-02-23** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 431 (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/e97a8534-e6cb-4488-8af0-5b0f41113380`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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