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type: "Bill"
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title: "Housing authorities; authorization by governing body of town."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1237"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1237 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Authorities", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Housing"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["A. Benton \"Ben\" Chafin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-02-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c1c1c27-dd1a-4285-a601-4195dcd344d5"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1237"
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source_hash: "dfdf85f59f6a0e5d904643a4cfcc579deb050ee57bb3a00148c9bab7724341c3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1237 (2017) — Housing authorities; authorization by governing body of town.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0068)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0068)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1237ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1237ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102492D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1237)
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## Votes
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102492D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-10** Passed by temporarily
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- **2017-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-10** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
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- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
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- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 68 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c1c1c27-dd1a-4285-a601-4195dcd344d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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