republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1553.md

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Bill	Term limits; members of certain Authorities in City of Chesapeake limited to two terms.	Provides that members of the Chesapeake Economic Development Authority, Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Chesapeake Airport Authority, and Chesapeake Hospital Authority shall be limited to two terms. The bill provides that members of such authorities serve at the pleasure of the city council and that no member shall work for an authority within one year of serving as a member of that authority. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1553	Virginia SB 1553 (2017)	bill	Authorities Counties Cities and Towns	enacted	John A. Cosgrove, Jr.	3	24	11	2017-01-20	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/2e9101fb-26fa-4101-b2f0-f6308a2a92b1	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1553	61bb86aae5c3e4220bcefaef3fa355079b50b7a1423af1af6b66e33541b69c2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1553 (2017) — Term limits; members of certain Authorities in City of Chesapeake limited to two terms.

Provides that members of the Chesapeake Economic Development Authority, Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Chesapeake Airport Authority, and Chesapeake Hospital Authority shall be limited to two terms. The bill provides that members of such authorities serve at the pleasure of the city council and that no member shall work for an authority within one year of serving as a member of that authority. 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 (CHAP0557) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1553ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103855D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference report agreed to by House — 92–2 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate acceded to request — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Local Government — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• House amendments rejected by Senate — 2–37 (fail) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with amendments — 93–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 17103855D introduction
• 2017-01-20 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-14 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-02-14 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2017-02-14 Passed House with amendments (93-Y 2-N 1-A) passage
• 2017-02-17 House insisted on amendments
• 2017-02-17 House requested conference committee
• 2017-02-21 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-24 Amended by conference committee
• 2017-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 2-N 1-A)
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 557 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e9101fb-26fa-4101-b2f0-f6308a2a92b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).