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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Blackstone, Town of; amending charter, advisory referendums."
+description: "Charter; Town of Blackstone; advisory referendums. Authorizes the Town of Blackstone to hold advisory referendums regarding the use by the Town of Blackstone of town funds to construct, repair, remodel, or improve (i) the Harris Memorial Armory or (ii) a community center. This bill is identical to SB 1036."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1565"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1565 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thomas C. Wright, Jr."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2020-01-14"
+last_action: "2020-03-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d371f13-caf8-41f1-9539-4c20d06dcb8e"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1565"
+source_hash: "0422522ca2612370d9fdc43d14745bc92c8ce0adb7ca571a898ddb38f96d38db"
+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 1565 (2020) — Blackstone, Town of; amending charter, advisory referendums.
+
+Charter; Town of Blackstone; advisory referendums. Authorizes the Town of Blackstone to hold advisory referendums regarding the use by the Town of Blackstone of town funds to construct, repair, remodel, or improve (i) the Harris Memorial Armory or (ii) a community center. This bill is identical to SB 1036.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0151)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1565ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1565ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1565)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1565)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 1-N) — **19–1** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 20104796D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1565)
+- **2020-01-14** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-17** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-31** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
+- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-17** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
+- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
+- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
+- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 151 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d371f13-caf8-41f1-9539-4c20d06dcb8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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