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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Chatham, Town of; amending charter, updating or removing outdated provisions."
+description: "An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3 through 6, as severally amended, of Chapter 480 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, which provided a charter for the Town of Chatham in Pittsylvania County, and to amend Chapter 480 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942 by adding a section numbered 15.1, relating to town powers and town council."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1050"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1050 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eric Phillips"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-04-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92bb0625-fc98-4b53-8c17-54e4b5b60ef6"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1050"
+source_hash: "43fce586733ea38c5d9bac1ee9390f15e3469ed49dbf59db53d0983aaf0ae60c"
+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+# Virginia HB 1050 (2026) — Chatham, Town of; amending charter, updating or removing outdated provisions.
+
+An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3 through 6, as severally amended, of Chapter 480 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, which provided a charter for the Town of Chatham in Pittsylvania County, and to amend Chapter 480 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942 by adding a section numbered 15.1, relating to town powers and town council.
+
+## 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/1087249.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217502.PDF)
+3. **Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1146304.HTML)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148397.PDF)
+5. **Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1105061.HTML)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182481.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Local Government — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eric Phillips — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102031D `filing, introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-30** House subcommittee offered
+- **2026-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
+- **2026-02-13** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-16** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House as amended
+- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-23** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-24** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-02-24** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-25** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1050ER) `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 258 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0258)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92bb0625-fc98-4b53-8c17-54e4b5b60ef6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+