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type: "Bill"
title: "Hopewell, City of; amending charter, issuance of bonds."
description: "Charter; City of Hopewell. Exempts from a referendum requirement bonds issued for the construction, improvement, expansion, or replacement of existing public buildings or facilities, and authorizes the City to replace existing buildings or facilities on an alternative site."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1616"
citation: "Virginia HB 1616 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie E. Coyner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebe64609-22a6-4856-8153-36952b4b1b43"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1616"
source_hash: "5e63f8b959c5286680bfae1943e573c181aaa738f01f4bc4a5d778f7fe471ffe"
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 1616 (2020) — Hopewell, City of; amending charter, issuance of bonds.
Charter; City of Hopewell. Exempts from a referendum requirement bonds issued for the construction, improvement, expansion, or replacement of existing public buildings or facilities, and authorizes the City to replace existing buildings or facilities on an alternative site.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0596)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0596)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1616ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1616ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1616E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1616E)
4. **Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1616)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1616)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 20103276D `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1616)
- **2020-01-16** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House as amended HB1616E
- **2020-02-10** Printed as engrossed 20103276D-E
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 596 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebe64609-22a6-4856-8153-36952b4b1b43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).