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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Libraries, local and regional; boards not mandatory in Caroline County."
+description: "Adds Caroline County to the list of localities that are not required to establish a library board. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 62"
+citation: "Virginia HB 62 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Libraries"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2017-12-04"
+last_action: "2018-03-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aa41cd9-7bfe-4480-a229-9cb0bd58cebf"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB62"
+source_hash: "4d205e18e3abe01752902e3f5e22bfd23a8e46962507bb7cefbdbcdb239e3583"
+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 HB 62 (2018) — Libraries, local and regional; boards not mandatory in Caroline County.
+
+Adds Caroline County to the list of localities that are not required to establish a library board. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB62ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB62ER)
+2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101360D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB62)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
+- John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-12-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101360D `introduction`
+- **2017-12-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
+- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
+- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
+- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
+- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 213 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4aa41cd9-7bfe-4480-a229-9cb0bd58cebf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+