---
type: "Bill"
title: "Libraries, local and regional; Botetourt County, library boards."
description: "Local and regional libraries; Botetourt County.Adds Botetourt County to the list of localities that are not requiredto establish a library board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 468"
citation: "Virginia HB 468 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a7949e2-db61-42e4-919d-ec60d64698c9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB468"
source_hash: "8b4493af486d7c1b9fe5eb9c6ae967d9bd4624a5a6d18ce004f1b4410f40be93"
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 468 (2022) — Libraries, local and regional; Botetourt County, library boards.

Local and regional libraries; Botetourt County.Adds Botetourt County to the list of localities that are not requiredto establish a library board.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0352** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0352)
2. **HB468ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB468ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101937D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB468)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101937D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-08** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 352 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a7949e2-db61-42e4-919d-ec60d64698c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).