---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pound, Town of; repealing Charter, effective date."
description: "Charter; Town of Pound. Repeals the charter for the Town of Pound in Wise County. The bill has a delayed effective date of November 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 904"
citation: "Virginia HB 904 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e558051e-40bd-4d7a-9919-0efacaeda948"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB904"
source_hash: "b80cb1ad768117137fe3614c9fafa97616a08be75f9ee9d3f01e20c018f3eea7"
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 904 (2022) — Pound, Town of; repealing Charter, effective date.

Charter; Town of Pound. Repeals the charter for the Town of Pound in Wise County. The bill has a delayed effective date of November 1, 2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0312** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0312)
2. **HB904ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB904ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102042D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB904)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22102042D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB904E)

## Votes

- Reported from Local Government with amendment (13-Y 1-N) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 2-N) — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102042D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended HB904E
- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22102042D-E
- **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`
- **2022-02-17** Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Local Government with amendment (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Passed by temporarily
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Reading of amendment waived
- **2022-03-02** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-03-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N)
- **2022-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N)
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled
- **2022-03-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-10** 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 312 (effective 11/1/23) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e558051e-40bd-4d7a-9919-0efacaeda948`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).