---
type: "Bill"
title: "Library boards; adds King & Queen County to list of localities that are not required to establish."
description: "Local library boards; King and Queen County.Adds King and Queen County to the list of localities that arenot required to establish a library board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1430"
citation: "Virginia HB 1430 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e75dbee-bb7a-477a-800b-3718d218c95c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1430"
source_hash: "8d3cb85e00dac914582800ee926e0977d4636e728d685911f8b00c791a777fdf"
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 1430 (2024) — Library boards; adds King & Queen County to list of localities that are not required to establish.

Local library boards; King and Queen County.Adds King and Queen County to the list of localities that arenot required to establish a library board.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0486** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0486)
2. **HB1430ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1430ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24104037D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1430)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 24104037D `introduction`
- **2024-01-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1430ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 486 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0486)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e75dbee-bb7a-477a-800b-3718d218c95c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).