---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lexington, City of; amending charter, relating to city council, city attorney, etc."
description: "An Act to amend and reenact § 15, as amended, § 17.1, §§ 21 and 32, as severally amended, and §§ 33.1, 47, and 49 of Chapter 662 of the Acts of Assembly of 1966, which provided a charter for the City of Lexington, relating to city council, city manager, city attorney, courts, and school board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 792"
citation: "Virginia HB 792 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca5772b0-5c65-4400-852b-b0c5d9b90314"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB792"
source_hash: "ebbae41e6ca62ffd6e965332b2a0ebdf7107df6031bb6b19bf037355781af6ae"
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 792 (2026) — Lexington, City of; amending charter, relating to city council, city attorney, etc.

An Act to amend and reenact § 15, as amended, § 17.1, §§ 21 and 32, as severally amended, and §§ 33.1, 47, and 49 of Chapter 662 of the Acts of Assembly of 1966, which provided a charter for the City of Lexington, relating to city council, city manager, city attorney, courts, and school board.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085907.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218010.PDF)
3. **Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145985.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148380.PDF)
5. **Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1104962.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182574.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102391D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-13** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-24** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB792ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 422 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0422)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca5772b0-5c65-4400-852b-b0c5d9b90314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).