republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1893.md

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Bill	Waynesboro, City of; amending charter, city council procedures, real estate tax assessments.	Amends the City of Waynesboro charter to authorize any person aggrieved by a real estate assessment made by the assessor of real estate to have the right to a hearing before the city assessor and to apply for an appeal before the board of equalization. The bill allows the city council to choose a date and time to meet for its July organizational meeting following an election. The bill also authorizes an ordinance wherein the city is the recipient of money, funds, or a grant to be passed upon one consideration of the city council, instead of two as is required for other ordinances or resolutions having the effect of ordinances. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1893	Virginia HB 1893 (2019)	bill	Charters	enacted	Richard P. Bell	3	15	6	2019-01-04	2019-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/fad147f7-5b8e-4c3e-9032-e872e79f0d9f	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1893	d19b451fa24894cc61786449fd600adb1bf96802aeb8d8a5609deaf4d5e81296	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1893 (2019) — Waynesboro, City of; amending charter, city council procedures, real estate tax assessments.

Amends the City of Waynesboro charter to authorize any person aggrieved by a real estate assessment made by the assessor of real estate to have the right to a hearing before the city assessor and to apply for an appeal before the board of equalization. The bill allows the city council to choose a date and time to meet for its July organizational meeting following an election. The bill also authorizes an ordinance wherein the city is the recipient of money, funds, or a grant to be passed upon one consideration of the city council, instead of two as is required for other ordinances or resolutions having the effect of ordinances. 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 (CHAP0239) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1893ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102018D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Local Government — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102018D introduction
• 2019-01-04 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2019-01-14 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2019-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-01 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2019-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Enrolled
• 2019-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
• 2019-02-27 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 239 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fad147f7-5b8e-4c3e-9032-e872e79f0d9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).