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Bill Grottoes, Town of; new charter, previous charter repealed. Charter; Town of Grottoes. Establishes a new charter for the Town of Grottoes in Rockingham County and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1997. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the town's government and contains powers typically granted to towns. This bill is identical to SB 99. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 161 Virginia HB 161 (2022)
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Virginia HB 161 (2022) — Grottoes, Town of; new charter, previous charter repealed.

Charter; Town of Grottoes. Establishes a new charter for the Town of Grottoes in Rockingham County and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1997. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the town's government and contains powers typically granted to towns. This bill is identical to SB 99.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0152 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB161ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101079D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Chris S. Runion — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101079D introduction
  • 2022-01-10 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2022-01-18 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2022-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-28 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-01 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-02 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-03 Read third time and passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-03 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2022-02-03 Passed House (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-02-03 VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-04 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2022-02-21 Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-23 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-23 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-02-25 Enrolled
  • 2022-02-25 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-02-25 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 152 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7819fe3-1503-4149-a6f4-d868a648e86c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).