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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Brodnax, Town of; amending charter, election of mayor."
+description: "Charter; Town of Brodnax. Amends the charter for the Town of Brodnax in Brunswick and Mecklenburg Counties to provide that the mayor elected in November 2025 shall be elected for a term of two years and thereafter for a term of four years. The bill also replaces the town's procedure for filling council vacancies by referencing the procedure provided by general law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1669"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1669 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thomas C. Wright, Jr."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2025-01-03"
+last_action: "2025-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/283fc3f6-7a62-49a0-9e78-5d5e428cbaf2"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1669"
+source_hash: "649b4bc8411cb6baee2f9d16c5451c4e61c43a2a26247f1f5c2d0ba94347f5fb"
+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 1669 (2025) — Brodnax, Town of; amending charter, election of mayor.
+
+Charter; Town of Brodnax. Amends the charter for the Town of Brodnax in Brunswick and Mecklenburg Counties to provide that the mayor elected in November 2025 shall be elected for a term of two years and thereafter for a term of four years. The bill also replaces the town's procedure for filling council vacancies by referencing the procedure provided by general law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012555.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070942.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049973.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N 1-A) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — primary (person)
+- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100799D `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-13** Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N 1-A)
+- **2025-01-31** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** Passed by temporarily
+- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
+- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-10** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-11** Rules suspended
+- **2025-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
+- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1669ER) `passage`
+- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 10 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/283fc3f6-7a62-49a0-9e78-5d5e428cbaf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+