republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1729.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Charter; Town of Port Royal.	Charter; Town of Port Royal.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1729	Virginia HB 1729 (2017)	bill	Charters	enacted	Margaret B. Ransone	3	15	6	2017-01-07	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/db9652a1-2beb-4112-aeae-d5a5f445e08a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1729	326f367c69ea3145aab04332822f3815944c4e0674185769fba56b979cd7488e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1729 (2017) — Charter; Town of Port Royal.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0378) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1729ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101822D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Local Government — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 19–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Margaret B. Ransone — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101822D introduction
• 2017-01-07 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2017-01-12 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-24 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-26 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled
• 2017-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 378 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db9652a1-2beb-4112-aeae-d5a5f445e08a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).