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type: "Bill"
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title: "Chief Workforce Development Advisor; responsibilities."
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description: "Clarifies that the Chief Workforce Development Advisor shall report directly to the Governor and shall not serve in any other capacity. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 15, 2018."
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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 1539"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1539 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Labor and Employment"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frank M. Ruff, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-20"
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last_action: "2017-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92bdc42b-a7c8-420b-aa57-4439137fca28"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1539"
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source_hash: "46735b4aefdb659e755f660ceb78b0a80e56233d2193386141dd79b09622a4f3"
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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 1539 (2017) — Chief Workforce Development Advisor; responsibilities.
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Clarifies that the Chief Workforce Development Advisor shall report directly to the Governor and shall not serve in any other capacity. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 15, 2018.
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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 (CHAP0740)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0740)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1539ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1539ER)
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3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103726D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1539)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 17103726D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-09** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2017-02-21** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 740 (effective 1/15/18) `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/92bdc42b-a7c8-420b-aa57-4439137fca28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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