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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Tazewell, Town of; amending charter, increases term length for members of board of zoning appeals."
+description: "Charter; Town of Tazewell; board of zoning appeals. Increases the term length for members of the board of zoning appeals for the Town of Tazewell from two to five years. This bill is identical to SB 627."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 52"
+citation: "Virginia HB 52 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James W. Morefield"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-01-02"
+last_action: "2022-04-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c861886d-9ffe-4c90-8d47-b19469a16bda"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB52"
+source_hash: "61b5d9e99e0d830b77788b46266b2e357729287f7abed46ca3e0631e08490779"
+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 52 (2022) — Tazewell, Town of; amending charter, increases term length for members of board of zoning appeals.
+
+Charter; Town of Tazewell; board of zoning appeals. Increases the term length for members of the board of zoning appeals for the Town of Tazewell from two to five years. This bill is identical to SB 627.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0199** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0199)
+2. **HB52ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB52ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100509D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB52)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- 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
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James W. Morefield — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100509D `introduction`
+- **2022-01-02** 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`
+- **2022-02-21** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-23** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
+- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
+- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
+- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
+- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
+- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 199 (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/c861886d-9ffe-4c90-8d47-b19469a16bda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+