---
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 HB 83."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 589"
citation: "Virginia SB 589 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39c18cf8-e08d-4826-af5e-c3bee87a6dbf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB589"
source_hash: "e493b573ecec8b6656854e225711a289f93e5429a5280078b0b527eff6388a90"
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 SB 589 (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 HB 83.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0090** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0090)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100366D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB589)
3. **SB589ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB589ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100366D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2022-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 90 (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/39c18cf8-e08d-4826-af5e-c3bee87a6dbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).