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Bill	Abingdon, Town of; amending charter, updates town's boundary descriptions.	Charter; Town of Abingdon. Updates the Town of Abingdon's boundary description, repeals outdated provisions, and makes various technical amendments to charter terminology. This bill is identical to SB 1084.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1720	Virginia HB 1720 (2020)	bill		enacted	William C. Wampler III	3	22	6	2020-01-17	2020-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/8e0a4838-bdf8-4895-9302-9606c5c60baa	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1720	91d3994cd5f9853442d5a968b092aca7024368302c1615b2d3ca05f879896a2a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1720 (2020) — Abingdon, Town of; amending charter, updates town's boundary descriptions.

Charter; Town of Abingdon. Updates the Town of Abingdon's boundary description, repeals outdated provisions, and makes various technical amendments to charter terminology. This bill is identical to SB 1084.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1720ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1720) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William C. Wampler III — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 20103594D introduction
• 2020-01-17 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1720)
• 2020-01-29 Assigned CC & T sub: Charters referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 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 (11-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
• 2020-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 447 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e0a4838-bdf8-4895-9302-9606c5c60baa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).