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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cheriton, Town of; amending charter, town elections."
+description: "Charter; Town of Cheriton. Amends the town'scharter to reflect the town's shift of municipal elections from Mayto November."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 564"
+citation: "Virginia HB 564 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Robert S. Bloxom, Jr."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-06"
+last_action: "2020-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf485430-34ea-415f-bfa5-1146a0ac3959"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB564"
+source_hash: "fe53e2e287f390ddd8fee2efd493ea23b7e2d4b2ee86982cbe10760f7289033c"
+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 564 (2020) — Cheriton, Town of; amending charter, town elections.
+
+Charter; Town of Cheriton. Amends the town'scharter to reflect the town's shift of municipal elections from Mayto November.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0394)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0394)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB564ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB564ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB564)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB564)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102140D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-17** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB564)
+- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-31** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-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 (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-21** Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-24** Reported from Local Government (14-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`
+- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-03** 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
+- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 394 (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/bf485430-34ea-415f-bfa5-1146a0ac3959`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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