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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hopewell, City of; amending charter, issuance of bonds."
+description: "Charter; City of Hopewell. Exempts from a referendum requirement bonds issued for the construction, improvement, expansion, or replacement of existing public buildings or facilities, and authorizes the City of Hopewell to replace existing buildings or facilities on an alternative site."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 961"
+citation: "Virginia SB 961 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joseph D. Morrissey"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-14"
+last_action: "2020-04-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13575401-7c96-44e3-9cd9-11621f65e5be"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB961"
+source_hash: "0b3463b8eea18505782fce249e9254e660339e008e2c72ff672feb01502cb438"
+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 SB 961 (2020) — Hopewell, City of; amending charter, issuance of bonds.
+
+Charter; City of Hopewell. Exempts from a referendum requirement bonds issued for the construction, improvement, expansion, or replacement of existing public buildings or facilities, and authorizes the City of Hopewell to replace existing buildings or facilities on an alternative site.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0608)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0608)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB961ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB961ER)
+3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB961E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB961E)
+4. **Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB961)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB961)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) — **36–4** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Local Government with amendments (12-Y 2-N) — **12–2** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 20104502D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-14** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB961)
+- **2020-01-22** Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-03** Reported from Local Government with amendments (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-05** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2020-02-05** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2020-02-05** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB961E
+- **2020-02-05** Printed as engrossed 20104502D-E
+- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-13** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-28** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
+- **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 608 (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/13575401-7c96-44e3-9cd9-11621f65e5be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+