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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Abingdon, Town of; amending charter, updates town's boundary descriptions."
+description: "Charter; Town of Abingdon. Updates the Town of Abingdon's boundary description, repeals outdated provisions, and makes various technical amendments to charter terminology. This bill is identical to SB 1084."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1720"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1720 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["William C. Wampler III"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-17"
+last_action: "2020-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e0a4838-bdf8-4895-9302-9606c5c60baa"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1720"
+source_hash: "91d3994cd5f9853442d5a968b092aca7024368302c1615b2d3ca05f879896a2a"
+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 1720 (2020) — Abingdon, Town of; amending charter, updates town's boundary descriptions.
+
+Charter; Town of Abingdon. Updates the Town of Abingdon's boundary description, repeals outdated provisions, and makes various technical amendments to charter terminology. This bill is identical to SB 1084.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0447)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1720ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1720ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1720)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1720)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- William C. Wampler III — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 20103594D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-17** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1720)
+- **2020-01-29** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-07** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-24** Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 447 (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/8e0a4838-bdf8-4895-9302-9606c5c60baa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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