republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-164.md

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Bill	Colonial Beach, Town of; amending charter, appointment of chief of police.	Charter; Town of Colonial Beach; chief of police. Provides that the chief of police for the Town of Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the town manager rather than the town council.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 164	Virginia HB 164 (2022)	bill		enacted	Margaret B. Ransone	3	23	6	2022-01-10	2022-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/e6ee580f-15c0-4838-8486-e4ec8e64c02e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB164	e89d83bba96e06df08a3ae5ed58ab02a1ffcac6bb473ef705d6a7f6a6fb500d3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 164 (2022) — Colonial Beach, Town of; amending charter, appointment of chief of police.

Charter; Town of Colonial Beach; chief of police. Provides that the chief of police for the Town of Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the town manager rather than the town council.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0227 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB164ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101100D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (96-Y 4-N) — 95–4 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N) — 8–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Margaret B. Ransone — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101100D introduction
• 2022-01-10 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N)
• 2022-02-11 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 4-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 VOTE: Passage (96-Y 4-N)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters referral-committee
• 2022-02-28 Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-02 Passed by temporarily
• 2022-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-07 Enrolled
• 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-08 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 227 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e6ee580f-15c0-4838-8486-e4ec8e64c02e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).