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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Victoria,Town of; amending charter, reflects shift from May to November municipal elections."
+description: "Charter; Town of Victoria. Amends the charterfor the Town of Victoria to reflect the upcoming shift from May toNovember municipal elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 2"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thomas C. Wright, Jr."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-11-22"
+last_action: "2022-04-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abb894c5-77ff-4e51-8a2e-b52dfdbbb75d"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB2"
+source_hash: "063762237d034ef97a42b380dc482591dcddd6a13cffae412166fdd9f87a532b"
+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 2 (2022) — Victoria,Town of; amending charter, reflects shift from May to November municipal elections.
+
+Charter; Town of Victoria. Amends the charterfor the Town of Victoria to reflect the upcoming shift from May toNovember municipal elections.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0088** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0088)
+2. **HB2ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB2ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100309D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-11-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100309D `introduction`
+- **2021-11-22** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-18** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-04** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-10** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-10** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2022-02-11** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-17** Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-28** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-02** Passed by temporarily
+- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
+- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
+- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
+- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
+- **2022-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 88 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abb894c5-77ff-4e51-8a2e-b52dfdbbb75d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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