---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pound, Town of; repealing Chapter 312, 2022 Acts, relating to Charter."
description: "Pound, Town of; repealing Chapter 312, 2022 Acts, relating to Charter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1537"
citation: "Virginia SB 1537 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pillion"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dfe2b65-2390-4f3c-be79-7a3eeb762f27"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1537"
source_hash: "700403665499919c186a744c7e2e6a811727e32ff99db3744b0d2a295db1f691"
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 1537 (2023) — Pound, Town of; repealing Chapter 312, 2022 Acts, relating to Charter.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0057** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0057)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 23104095D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1537)
3. **SB1537ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1537ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Engrossed by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pillion — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23104095D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1537ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 57 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0057)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dfe2b65-2390-4f3c-be79-7a3eeb762f27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).