republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-902.md

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Bill	Augusta County; removal of county courthouse, authorization by electorate.	Removal of county courthouse; Augusta County; authorization by electorate. Allows Augusta County to hold a referendum on the courthouse removal in 2022, despite the 10-year waiting requirement, if plans are developed for (i) relocating to a newly constructed courthouse in Augusta County and (ii) either (a) the renovation and expansion of the current courthouse in the City of Staunton or (b) the construction of a new courthouse in the City of Staunton. The bill specifies that both plans are to be schematic, prepared by a licensed architect, include good faith estimates of the costs of construction, including necessary acquisition of property, and be made available to the public at least two months before the planned referendum. The result of the referendum shall be binding. The bill also directs the architect preparing the plans to consider options for reducing record storage space requirements and for shared use of facilities within Staunton and to develop a plan for the preservation of the existing courthouse regardless of which plan is chosen. This bill is identical to SB 283.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 902	Virginia HB 902 (2022)	bill		enacted	G. "John" Avoli	6	51	10	2022-01-12	2022-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/cd682ad8-0963-42ac-8d43-e9dd379ffb98	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB902	4af3d8a399c9e55c99526443375e82a054648de2fd9e4b460ef5f599d26530f5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 902 (2022) — Augusta County; removal of county courthouse, authorization by electorate.

Removal of county courthouse; Augusta County; authorization by electorate. Allows Augusta County to hold a referendum on the courthouse removal in 2022, despite the 10-year waiting requirement, if plans are developed for (i) relocating to a newly constructed courthouse in Augusta County and (ii) either (a) the renovation and expansion of the current courthouse in the City of Staunton or (b) the construction of a new courthouse in the City of Staunton. The bill specifies that both plans are to be schematic, prepared by a licensed architect, include good faith estimates of the costs of construction, including necessary acquisition of property, and be made available to the public at least two months before the planned referendum. The result of the referendum shall be binding. The bill also directs the architect preparing the plans to consider options for reducing record storage space requirements and for shared use of facilities within Staunton and to develop a plan for the preservation of the existing courthouse regardless of which plan is chosen. This bill is identical to SB 283.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0806 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105194D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22106859D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference substitute printed 22107909D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Governor's substitute printed 22108185D-H3 (committee substitute) — source
6. HB902ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N) — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) — 38–2 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 99-N) — 0–98 (fail) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• G. "John" Avoli — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102108D introduction
• 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-02-04 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N)
• 2022-02-11 Committee substitute printed 22105194D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-11 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22105194D-H1
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB902H1
• 2022-02-15 Passed by temporarily
• 2022-02-15 Reconsideration of Passed by temporarily agreed to
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-22 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-22 Committee substitute printed 22106859D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-25 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-25 Committee substitute agreed to 22106859D-S1
• 2022-02-25 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB902S1
• 2022-02-25 Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) passage
• 2022-03-01 Senate substitute rejected by House 22106859D-S1 ( 0-Y 99-N)
• 2022-03-01 VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 99-N)
• 2022-03-03 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-03 Senate requested conference committee
• 2022-03-04 House acceded to request
• 2022-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2022-03-09 Conferees appointed by House
• 2022-03-11 Passed by temporarily
• 2022-03-12 Amended by conference committee
• 2022-03-12 Conference substitute printed 22107909D-H2
• 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-12 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
• 2022-03-21 Enrolled
• 2022-03-21 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
• 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
• 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2022-04-11 Governor's substitute printed 22108185D-H3
• 2022-04-27 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-04-27 Motion to pass by Governor's recommendation agreed to
• 2022-04-27 Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022
• 2022-04-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022
• 2022-05-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 806 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd682ad8-0963-42ac-8d43-e9dd379ffb98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).