republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-992.md

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Bill	Charter; City of Hopewell; water renewal commission.	Changes the membership of the Hopewell Water Renewal Commission (the Commission) from a total of eight members appointed by the city council, five of whom are nominees of five manufacturers, to up to nine members, three of whom shall be a member of the city council, the city manager, and the city attorney, and the remainder of whom shall be appointed by the city council from nominees each submitted by a manufacturer who shall provide a capital contribution in an amount determined by the city council. The bill removes the city council's authority to provide for additional nominees to the Commission by manufacturers not involved in planning assistance and requires the Commission to assist in the maintenance and expansion of the city's regional wastewater treatment facility. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 992	Virginia SB 992 (2017)	bill	Charters	enacted	Rosalyn R. Dance	4	19	6	2017-01-03	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/619d6835-88a6-4cfc-acb7-c496de082fc5	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB992	48646060198e2f3f3f0919f67c48c4f01eac4390e583f00b77db41c133273f3f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 992 (2017) — Charter; City of Hopewell; water renewal commission.

Changes the membership of the Hopewell Water Renewal Commission (the Commission) from a total of eight members appointed by the city council, five of whom are nominees of five manufacturers, to up to nine members, three of whom shall be a member of the city council, the city manager, and the city attorney, and the remainder of whom shall be appointed by the city council from nominees each submitted by a manufacturer who shall provide a capital contribution in an amount determined by the city council. The bill removes the city council's authority to provide for additional nominees to the Commission by manufacturers not involved in planning assistance and requires the Commission to assist in the maintenance and expansion of the city's regional wastewater treatment facility. 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 (CHAP0214) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB992ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104730D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102131D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Local Government with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 21–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Rosalyn R. Dance — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102131D introduction
• 2017-01-03 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 17104730D-S1
• 2017-01-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB992S1
• 2017-02-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-02 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
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 214 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/619d6835-88a6-4cfc-acb7-c496de082fc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).