republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-168.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Brodnax, Town of; amending charter, reduces number of town councilmen.	Charter; Town of Brodnax; town council; membership; meetings. Reduces from seven to five the number of town councilmen for the Town of Brodnax. The bill also reduces from four to three the number of councilmen needed for a quorum and from four to two the number of councilmen needed to call a special meeting. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 257.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 168	Virginia HB 168 (2020)	bill		enacted	Roslyn C. Tyler	3	25	8	2019-12-26	2020-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/bb477cd9-6266-48ba-b7da-5ea385477420	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB168	280f4a5d0976569e5c0de108f374957282477e8aa9458321cf78f082f0eb0f2a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 168 (2020) — Brodnax, Town of; amending charter, reduces number of town councilmen.

Charter; Town of Brodnax; town council; membership; meetings. Reduces from seven to five the number of town councilmen for the Town of Brodnax. The bill also reduces from four to three the number of councilmen needed for a quorum and from four to two the number of councilmen needed to call a special meeting. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 257.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0119) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB168ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DHCD (HB168) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roslyn C. Tyler — primary (person)
• Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-26 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/08/20 20102111D introduction
• 2019-12-26 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2019-12-26 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Assigned CC & T sub: Charters referral-committee
• 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (HB168)
• 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-21 Enrolled
• 2020-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-24 Signed by President
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
• 2020-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
• 2020-03-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 119 (effective 3/4/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb477cd9-6266-48ba-b7da-5ea385477420. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).