republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2305.md

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Bill	Localities; descriptions are replaced with locality names.	Sets out sections in Title 15.2 that are currently carried by reference only. Locality descriptions are replaced with locality names, and various technical amendments are made. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2305	Virginia HB 2305 (2019)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns	enacted	James A. "Jay" Leftwich	5	17	6	2019-01-08	2019-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/47be88d3-78c6-490d-b081-6892196342b7	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2305	2cf19494e5582f61c98c4ff52339d48f19718572203626c9887834c453ee73db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2305 (2019) — Localities; descriptions are replaced with locality names.

Sets out sections in Title 15.2 that are currently carried by reference only. Locality descriptions are replaced with locality names, and various technical amendments are made. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2305ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105628D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104295D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Local Government — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104295D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2019-01-14 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19105628D-H1
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2305H1
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 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
• 2019-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 632 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47be88d3-78c6-490d-b081-6892196342b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).