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type: "Bill"
title: "Term limits; members of certain Authorities in City of Chesapeake limited to two terms."
description: "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"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1553"
citation: "Virginia SB 1553 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Authorities", "Counties", "Cities and Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Cosgrove, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e9101fb-26fa-4101-b2f0-f6308a2a92b1"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1553"
source_hash: "61bb86aae5c3e4220bcefaef3fa355079b50b7a1423af1af6b66e33541b69c2f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0557)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1553ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1553ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103855D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1553)
## Votes
- Conference report agreed to by House — **922** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **100** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments — **210** (pass) · legislature
- Senate acceded to request — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Local Government — **130** (pass) · legislature
- House amendments rejected by Senate — **237** (fail) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with amendments — **932** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e9101fb-26fa-4101-b2f0-f6308a2a92b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).