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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: "SB 396"
citation: "Virginia SB 396 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan T. McDougle"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea28027f-1357-419e-8dd8-50badde6bd92"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB396"
source_hash: "c1330df8e62cf1ddea1f5ab0d626356cf31b25881491af9b8384c61602f66c14"
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 396 (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. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB396ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB396ER)
2. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100328D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB396)
## Votes
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **1000** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **140** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100328D `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 177 (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/ea28027f-1357-419e-8dd8-50badde6bd92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).