---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hopewell, City of; amending charter, appointment of president of city council."
description: "Changes from \"election\" to \"appointment\" the term used to describe the vote of the city council for a new president and vice-president of the council. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 1191"
citation: "Virginia SB 1191 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosalyn R. Dance"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3cdb090-3416-4591-9670-779cad39b661"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1191"
source_hash: "a40d7966c4a7f452499ab11fa88347d29e36873f8d5fb95ba5d40ef9c2946b9d"
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 1191 (2019) — Hopewell, City of; amending charter, appointment of president of city council.

Changes from "election" to "appointment" the term used to describe the vote of the city council for a new president and vice-president of the council. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0109)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0109)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1191ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1191ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103240D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1191)

## Votes

- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rosalyn R. Dance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103240D `introduction`
- **2019-01-03** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-02-12** Enrolled
- **2019-02-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-13** Signed by President
- **2019-02-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 14, 2019
- **2019-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 109 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3cdb090-3416-4591-9670-779cad39b661`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).