republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2152.md

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Bill	Charter; City of Hopewell; water renewal commission.	Changes the membership of the Hopewell Water Renewal Commission (the Commission) from a total of eight members appointed by the city council, five of whom are nominees of five manufacturers, to up to nine members, three of whom shall be a member of the city council, the city manager, and the city attorney, and the remainder of whom shall be appointed by the city council from nominees each submitted by a manufacturer who shall provide a capital contribution in an amount determined by the city council. The bill removes the city council's authority to provide for additional nominees to the Commission by manufacturers not involved in planning assistance and requires the Commission to assist in the maintenance and expansion of the city's regional wastewater treatment facility. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2152	Virginia HB 2152 (2017)	bill	Charters	enacted	Lashrecse D. Aird	4	17	6	2017-01-11	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a5fa227d-1c9b-4738-91bd-5d312290490d	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2152	de6db5f6f4bce1e4fda8891788b63fc906c3c4abde56b2a686d2d504e27a320e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2152 (2017) — Charter; City of Hopewell; water renewal commission.

Changes the membership of the Hopewell Water Renewal Commission (the Commission) from a total of eight members appointed by the city council, five of whom are nominees of five manufacturers, to up to nine members, three of whom shall be a member of the city council, the city manager, and the city attorney, and the remainder of whom shall be appointed by the city council from nominees each submitted by a manufacturer who shall provide a capital contribution in an amount determined by the city council. The bill removes the city council's authority to provide for additional nominees to the Commission by manufacturers not involved in planning assistance and requires the Commission to assist in the maintenance and expansion of the city's regional wastewater treatment facility. 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 (CHAP0391) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2152ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104755D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102879D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Local Government — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102879D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2017-01-19 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 17104755D-H1
• 2017-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2152H1
• 2017-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-02 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 391 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5fa227d-1c9b-4738-91bd-5d312290490d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).