---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capron, Town of; new charter (previous charter repealed)."
description: "Capron, Town of; new charter (previous charter repealed)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2808"
citation: "Virginia HB 2808 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roslyn C. Tyler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd578202-1224-4519-8bd0-d3db004d7d3b"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2808"
source_hash: "2276b237df8fda1790a56dff39b0aada7d3140af4b7ca8788e35bb7fcd3748ac"
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# Virginia HB 2808 (2019) — Capron, Town of; new charter (previous charter repealed).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0315)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0315)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2808ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2808ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19104388D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2808)

## Votes

- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roslyn C. Tyler — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-22** Unanimous consent to introduce
- **2019-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 19104388D `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Enrolled
- **2019-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
- **2019-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 315 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd578202-1224-4519-8bd0-d3db004d7d3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).