republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-454.md

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Bill	Blacksburg, Town of; amending charter, public hearings.	Charter; Town of Blacksburg; public hearings. Clarifies provisions related to public hearings in the Town of Blacksburg by providing that if the town council plans to conduct a public hearing related to a proposed ordinance but to delay action on the proposal, the date for the delayed vote shall be stated on the agenda. Furthermore, the bill allows the council, after conducting and closing the public hearing, to vote to delay action until its next regular meeting. This bill is identical to HB 629.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 454	Virginia SB 454 (2020)	bill		enacted	John S. Edwards	4	28	6	2020-01-07	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/e40f176a-00cd-4c07-9e4e-7a05f2fd2082	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB454	c9d62e13d0f38837ad86e5279b4599ae6a193d1ee3fb60b360ca4e30137ea1f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 454 (2020) — Blacksburg, Town of; amending charter, public hearings.

Charter; Town of Blacksburg; public hearings. Clarifies provisions related to public hearings in the Town of Blacksburg by providing that if the town council plans to conduct a public hearing related to a proposed ordinance but to delay action on the proposal, the date for the delayed vote shall be stated on the agenda. Furthermore, the bill allows the council, after conducting and closing the public hearing, to vote to delay action until its next regular meeting. This bill is identical to HB 629.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0825) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB454ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB454E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DHCD (SB454) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Local Government with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John S. Edwards — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102442D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (SB454)
• 2020-01-22 Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Reported from Local Government with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-29 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-01-29 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-01-29 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB454E
• 2020-01-29 Printed as engrossed 20102442D-E
• 2020-01-30 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Assigned CC & T sub: Charters referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-07 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 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
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 825 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e40f176a-00cd-4c07-9e4e-7a05f2fd2082. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).