---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chatham, Town of; amending charter, updating or removing outdated provisions."
description: "An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3 through 6, as severally amended, of Chapter 480 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, which provided a charter for the Town of Chatham in Pittsylvania County, and to amend Chapter 480 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942 by adding a section numbered 15.1, relating to town powers and town council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 127"
citation: "Virginia SB 127 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tammy Brankley Mulchi"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e12523a0-9382-4e1c-bc32-0fb793326771"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB127"
source_hash: "368725ea7c915bc3e83e5c29d33eb0aeec6330c472becf666e8fc257ead71955"
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# Virginia SB 127 (2026) — Chatham, Town of; amending charter, updating or removing outdated provisions.

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3 through 6, as severally amended, of Chapter 480 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, which provided a charter for the Town of Chatham in Pittsylvania County, and to amend Chapter 480 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942 by adding a section numbered 15.1, relating to town powers and town council.

## 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/1082942.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217522.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1092654.PDF)
4. **Local Government Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090096.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1181468.PDF)

## Votes

- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tammy Brankley Mulchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102020D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-06** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Senate committee offered
- **2026-01-19** Reported from Local Government with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-01-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-21** Local Government Amendments agreed to (Voice Vote) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-27** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB127ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-27** 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`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 259 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0259)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e12523a0-9382-4e1c-bc32-0fb793326771`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).