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Bill Bristol, City of; amending charter, city powers, council meetings, etc. Amends the charter for the City of Bristol. Changes to the charter (i) update provisions related to special meeting notices and notices related to removal by city council of certain appointees, (ii) clarify the description of the city manager and state that employees of the police department and fire department are among those employees that may be removed by the city manager, (iii) update the responsibilities of the city manager and chief of police regarding certain police department complaints, (iv) set forth financial policies to be adopted by the finance department, (v) specify certain personnel department oversight duties, (vi) rename the planning department as the community development department, (vii) create the position of environs control official, (viii) set out the duties of the transportation planner, (ix) alter the terms of the city planning commission, and (x) reference the existing BVU Authority Board. The bill contains technical amendments. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2497 Virginia HB 2497 (2019)
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Virginia HB 2497 (2019) — Bristol, City of; amending charter, city powers, council meetings, etc.

Amends the charter for the City of Bristol. Changes to the charter (i) update provisions related to special meeting notices and notices related to removal by city council of certain appointees, (ii) clarify the description of the city manager and state that employees of the police department and fire department are among those employees that may be removed by the city manager, (iii) update the responsibilities of the city manager and chief of police regarding certain police department complaints, (iv) set forth financial policies to be adopted by the finance department, (v) specify certain personnel department oversight duties, (vi) rename the planning department as the community development department, (vii) create the position of environs control official, (viii) set out the duties of the transportation planner, (ix) alter the terms of the city planning commission, and (x) reference the existing BVU Authority Board. The bill contains technical amendments.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0633) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2497ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Committee substitute printed 19105337D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104003D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Rules with substitute — 160 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Local Government — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
  • Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104003D introduction
  • 2019-01-09 Referred to Committee on Rules 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 19105337D-H1
  • 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2497H1
  • 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 633 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1103b005-7f79-43f3-97e5-c49afffb2e4a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).