---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coordinator of emergency services; West Point."
description: "Coordinator of emergency services; West Point.Adds the Town of West Point to the towns that have the coordinator of emergency services appointed by the mayor or town manager withconsent of the town council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1258"
citation: "Virginia HB 1258 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e86a7433-9108-4609-ab53-633a3f147b41"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1258"
source_hash: "7d3db41cc65aaac9ab59707f90e2be20d2b40e63c1d9c01dbc5d957de2568ce1"
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 1258 (2020) — Coordinator of emergency services; West Point.

Coordinator of emergency services; West Point.Adds the Town of West Point to the towns that have the coordinator of emergency services appointed by the mayor or town manager withconsent of the town council.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0094)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0094)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1258ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1258ER)
3. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB1258)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1258)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102965D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB1258)
- **2020-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-23** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-24** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 94 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e86a7433-9108-4609-ab53-633a3f147b41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).