republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-961.md

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Bill	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 of Hopewell to replace existing buildings or facilities on an alternative site.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 961	Virginia SB 961 (2020)	bill		enacted	Joseph D. Morrissey	4	28	6	2020-01-14	2020-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/13575401-7c96-44e3-9cd9-11621f65e5be	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB961	0b3463b8eea18505782fce249e9254e660339e008e2c72ff672feb01502cb438	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 961 (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 of Hopewell 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 (CHAP0608) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB961ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB961E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB961) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) — 36–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Local Government with amendments (12-Y 2-N) — 12–2 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 20104502D introduction
• 2020-01-14 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB961)
• 2020-01-22 Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Reported from Local Government with amendments (12-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-05 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-02-05 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-05 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB961E
• 2020-02-05 Printed as engrossed 20104502D-E
• 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 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
• 2020-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 608 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13575401-7c96-44e3-9cd9-11621f65e5be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).