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type: "Bill"
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title: "Richmond, City of; amending charter, residency of council members."
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description: "Charter; City of Richmond. Requires a council member to reside in the election district from which the member was elected throughout the member's term on the council. A council member may be removed from office for failure to comply with the residency requirement. This bill is identical to HB 1064."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 528"
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citation: "Virginia SB 528 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcc30086-1b04-4baa-aeb2-aeaad8d85246"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB528"
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source_hash: "cd0c896e05340ff005322b26d984aee8be48eecef18e20ba29867c33fd99b346"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 528 (2020) — Richmond, City of; amending charter, residency of council members.
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Charter; City of Richmond. Requires a council member to reside in the election district from which the member was elected throughout the member's term on the council. A council member may be removed from office for failure to comply with the residency requirement. This bill is identical to HB 1064.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0827)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0827)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB528ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB528ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DHCD (SB528)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB528)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102256D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (SB528)
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- **2020-01-22** Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-27** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-30** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-01-31** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 827 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcc30086-1b04-4baa-aeb2-aeaad8d85246`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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