---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Charles, Town of; termination of township in Lee County."
description: "Charter; Town of St. Charles. Terminates the Town of St. Charles in Lee County. This bill is identical to SB 589."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 83"
citation: "Virginia HB 83 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b786092-23e1-470e-a281-779b5f665ac7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB83"
source_hash: "e03daa21178733e114cc039f9b9fb7d3dd01dd15fe1a381dbfd1c2ccc390c87b"
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 83 (2022) — St. Charles, Town of; termination of township in Lee County.

Charter; Town of St. Charles. Terminates the Town of St. Charles in Lee County. This bill is identical to SB 589.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0089** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0089)
2. **HB83ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB83ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101941D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB83)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101941D `introduction`
- **2022-01-05** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 89 (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/6b786092-23e1-470e-a281-779b5f665ac7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).