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type: "Bill"
title: "Charter; Town of Grottoes."
description: "Authorizes the town council to appoint a member to the office of vice-mayor, to serve in the event of the mayor's absence or inability to act. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 786"
citation: "Virginia SB 786 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-08-09"
last_action: "2017-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/794e3e50-8931-4bbf-af18-3caac4d7be5d"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB786"
source_hash: "2ba91dd1a06c61e86412b0a6c1a6fbfa69fc37d158924c2f5da58f6369f89437"
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 786 (2017) — Charter; Town of Grottoes.
Authorizes the town council to appoint a member to the office of vice-mayor, to serve in the event of the mayor's absence or inability to act. 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 (CHAP0133)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0133)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB786ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB786ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100065D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB786)
## Votes
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **980** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Local Government — **120** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **210** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **90** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-08-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100065D `introduction`
- **2016-08-09** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20** Passed by for the day
- **2017-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-14** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 133 (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/794e3e50-8931-4bbf-af18-3caac4d7be5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).