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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Winchester, City of; amending charter, relating to school board."
+description: "Charter; City of Winchester. Amends theCity of Winchester's charter to provide for an elected school boardand to reduce the size of the school board from nine to seven members."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1734"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1734 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-02-05"
+last_action: "2020-04-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/145fef30-c1e2-4e49-9991-20bfbf467f7e"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1734"
+source_hash: "456e37d0131648927457f2da8af68fd8a8227175d4ad7f2d2aa07a3fe8537d17"
+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 1734 (2020) — Winchester, City of; amending charter, relating to school board.
+
+Charter; City of Winchester. Amends theCity of Winchester's charter to provide for an elected school boardand to reduce the size of the school board from nine to seven members.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0598)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0598)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1734ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1734ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1734)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1734)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20 — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-05** Unanimous consent to introduce
+- **2020-02-05** Presented and ordered printed 20107121D `introduction`
+- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1734)
+- **2020-02-13** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-21** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-25** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-27** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-02-28** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-02** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
+- **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
+- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 598 (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/145fef30-c1e2-4e49-9991-20bfbf467f7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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