---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lynchburg, City of; amending charter, salaries of members of City Council."
description: "Charter; City of Lynchburg. Provides thatsalaries of members of the Lynchburg City Council shall be determinedin accordance with general law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2180"
citation: "Virginia HB 2180 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendell S. Walker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d0eb071-5278-411e-9a57-16e3340c2ae6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2180"
source_hash: "680648dd18af67e877027c9b351917ad3f45045860e9272c32cdd60682846734"
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 2180 (2021) — Lynchburg, City of; amending charter, salaries of members of City Council.

Charter; City of Lynchburg. Provides thatsalaries of members of the Lynchburg City Council shall be determinedin accordance with general law.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0320** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0320)
2. **HB2180ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2180ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100744D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2180)

## Votes

- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Referred from Communications, Technology and Innovation — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wendell S. Walker — primary (person)
- Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100744D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Referred from Communications, Technology and Innovation
- **2021-01-18** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-22** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-11** Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 320 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d0eb071-5278-411e-9a57-16e3340c2ae6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).