---
type: "Bill"
title: "Library aid; former regional library system."
description: "Library aid; former regional library system.Provides that former regional library systems that receive stateaid notwithstanding a loss of regional library status due to a cityreversion, shall receive such aid regardless of when a former cityreverted to town status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2323"
citation: "Virginia HB 2323 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James E. Edmunds, II"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bb19df0-9d97-45fb-9a53-664c4e2b2e34"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2323"
source_hash: "9baeb3d32384b3a43fcdfd7f7347f516c8eb130e9a04d6a4a94ee917d0304165"
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 2323 (2021) — Library aid; former regional library system.

Library aid; former regional library system.Provides that former regional library systems that receive stateaid notwithstanding a loss of regional library status due to a cityreversion, shall receive such aid regardless of when a former cityreverted to town status.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0174** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0174)
2. **HB2323ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2323ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 21102605D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2323)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 21102605D `introduction`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB2323)
- **2021-01-29** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2021-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2021-02-03** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2323ER)
- **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
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 174 (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/6bb19df0-9d97-45fb-9a53-664c4e2b2e34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).