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type: "Bill"
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title: "Voluntary boundary agreement; Counties of Spotsylvania and Orange."
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description: "Allows the Counties of Spotsylvania and Orange, in adopting a voluntary boundary agreement, to attach to their petitions to the circuit court a Geographic Information System (GIS) map depicting the boundary change. Under current law, such use of a GIS map is permitted only regarding the boundary between the Counties of Louisa and Goochland and between the County of Loudoun and any town therein. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 477"
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citation: "Virginia SB 477 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11b4dde1-2bee-4aa3-bff4-7719b14bb977"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB477"
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source_hash: "88ce0cecdd1cefbded5a8ce3f8df79636abbbf0c6517fc38803785389adc7a14"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 477 (2018) — Voluntary boundary agreement; Counties of Spotsylvania and Orange.
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Allows the Counties of Spotsylvania and Orange, in adopting a voluntary boundary agreement, to attach to their petitions to the circuit court a Geographic Information System (GIS) map depicting the boundary change. Under current law, such use of a GIS map is permitted only regarding the boundary between the Counties of Louisa and Goochland and between the County of Loudoun and any town therein. This bill is identical to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB477ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB477ER)
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2. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103034D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB477)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Local Government — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103034D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-29** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-29** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 85 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11b4dde1-2bee-4aa3-bff4-7719b14bb977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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