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type: "Bill"
title: "Grottoes, Town of; amending charter, extends term of mayor to four years."
description: "Grottoes, Town of; amending charter, extends term of mayor to four years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2809"
citation: "Virginia HB 2809 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Steven Landes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3fb9303-9218-4bbf-83d9-a9061402aa37"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2809"
source_hash: "3f7ca8b765d45a2a209139ca35ac3c82fdcf613b1dc72765cd2f23782dc15efb"
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 HB 2809 (2019) — Grottoes, Town of; amending charter, extends term of mayor to four years.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0316)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0316)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2809ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2809ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19105176D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2809)
## Votes
- Passed Senate — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government — **130** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **210** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **80** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- R. Steven Landes — primary (person)
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-22** Unanimous consent to introduce
- **2019-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 19105176D `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **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
- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 316 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3fb9303-9218-4bbf-83d9-a9061402aa37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).