---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter; City of Martinsville."
description: "An Act to amend and reenact § 2, as amended, of Chapter 7 of Chapter 193 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, which provided a charter for the City of Martinsville, relating to qualifications of city attorney."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1677"
citation: "Virginia HB 1677 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Phillips"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-03"
last_action: "2025-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fce9918-8c66-49e2-bfde-e8ace325749d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1677"
source_hash: "fb19a2ac46c0e48b56b35e302d15961711987504440ccf92f5ef3fba515e1875"
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 1677 (2025) — Charter; City of Martinsville.

An Act to amend and reenact § 2, as amended, of Chapter 7 of Chapter 193 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, which provided a charter for the City of Martinsville, relating to qualifications of city attorney.

## 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/1012575.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070858.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049977.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eric Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102769D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-31** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1677ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 11 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fce9918-8c66-49e2-bfde-e8ace325749d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).