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type: "Bill"
title: "Charter; City of Hopewell; water renewal commission."
description: "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"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 992"
citation: "Virginia SB 992 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosalyn R. Dance"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/619d6835-88a6-4cfc-acb7-c496de082fc5"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB992"
source_hash: "48646060198e2f3f3f0919f67c48c4f01eac4390e583f00b77db41c133273f3f"
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 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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0214)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB992ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB992ER)
3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104730D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB992S1)
4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102131D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB992)
## Votes
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **980** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Local Government with substitute — **130** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **90** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **210** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/619d6835-88a6-4cfc-acb7-c496de082fc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).