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type: "Bill"
title: "Libraries, local and regional; boards not mandatory in Caroline County."
description: "Adds Caroline County to the list of localities that are not required to establish a library board. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 62"
citation: "Virginia HB 62 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Libraries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-12-04"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aa41cd9-7bfe-4480-a229-9cb0bd58cebf"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB62"
source_hash: "4d205e18e3abe01752902e3f5e22bfd23a8e46962507bb7cefbdbcdb239e3583"
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 HB 62 (2018) — Libraries, local and regional; boards not mandatory in Caroline County.
Adds Caroline County to the list of localities that are not required to establish a library board. This bill is identical to
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB62ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB62ER)
2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101360D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB62)
## Votes
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **100** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **980** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **80** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **80** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
- John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-12-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101360D `introduction`
- **2017-12-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 213 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4aa41cd9-7bfe-4480-a229-9cb0bd58cebf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).