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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Charter; City of Norfolk."
+description: "An Act to amend and reenact § 62 and §§ 63, 64, and 114, as severally amended, of Chapter 34 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, which provided a charter for the City of Norfolk, relating to division of fire; classified service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 987"
+citation: "Virginia SB 987 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Angelia Williams Graves"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-01-07"
+last_action: "2025-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b886c68-4756-4806-8f58-dd49482d8bba"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB987"
+source_hash: "c08d634db81289d84d88a562e43b612dbd55d625aed2647e3e8b4050d934dc32"
+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 987 (2025) — Charter; City of Norfolk.
+
+An Act to amend and reenact § 62 and §§ 63, 64, and 114, as severally amended, of Chapter 34 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, which provided a charter for the City of Norfolk, relating to division of fire; classified service.
+
+## 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/1014724.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074148.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062226.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101553D `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-13** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-14** Rules suspended
+- **2025-01-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-01-14** Passed by for the day
+- **2025-01-15** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-16** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-05** Placed on Calendar
+- **2025-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-05** Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-02-14** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-19** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB987ER) `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
+- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 385 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0385)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b886c68-4756-4806-8f58-dd49482d8bba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+