republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1237.md

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Bill	Housing authorities; authorization by governing body of town.	Provides that the governing body of a town, in addition to the governing body of a county or city as in current law, may authorize a housing authority to contract for the construction of additional housing or acquire land for, or purchase material for the construction or installation of, any sewerage, streets, sidewalks, lights, power, water, or any other facilities for such additional housing. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1237	Virginia SB 1237 (2017)	bill	Authorities Counties Cities and Towns Housing	enacted	A. Benton "Ben" Chafin	3	16	5	2017-01-10	2017-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/4c1c1c27-dd1a-4285-a601-4195dcd344d5	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1237	dfdf85f59f6a0e5d904643a4cfcc579deb050ee57bb3a00148c9bab7724341c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1237 (2017) — Housing authorities; authorization by governing body of town.

Provides that the governing body of a town, in addition to the governing body of a county or city as in current law, may authorize a housing authority to contract for the construction of additional housing or acquire land for, or purchase material for the construction or installation of, any sewerage, streets, sidewalks, lights, power, water, or any other facilities for such additional housing. 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 (CHAP0068) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1237ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102492D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102492D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-01-19 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-10 Passed by temporarily
• 2017-02-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-10 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-13 Enrolled
• 2017-02-13 Signed by President
• 2017-02-13 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-14 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
• 2017-02-14 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
• 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 68 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c1c1c27-dd1a-4285-a601-4195dcd344d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).