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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Beach, City of; amending charter, expands board of equalization."
description: "Charter; City of Virginia Beach. Expands the board of equalization in the City of Virginia Beach from three to four members. This bill is identical to HB 1163."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "Virginia SB 274 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/401b9dd0-b76a-42ce-bc2d-8f7c1a78ddbe"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB274"
source_hash: "493f14ddf352dda2145c6330212053e98a89df34e3d1d1be9ccec8a90ddc629d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 274 (2022) — Virginia Beach, City of; amending charter, expands board of equalization.
Charter; City of Virginia Beach. Expands the board of equalization in the City of Virginia Beach from three to four members. This bill is identical to HB 1163.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0639** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0639)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102377D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB274)
3. **SB274ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB274ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102377D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-08** 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** Approved by Governor-Chapter 639 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/401b9dd0-b76a-42ce-bc2d-8f7c1a78ddbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).