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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 HB 902. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 283 Virginia SB 283 (2022)
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Virginia SB 283 (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 HB 902.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0807 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 22107100D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Conference substitute printed 22107916D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Governor's substitute printed 22108110D-S3 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Printed as engrossed 22104659D-ES1 (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB283ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) — 382 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — 90 (pass) · lower
  • House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 040 (fail) · upper
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 391 (pass) · upper
  • Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — 141 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102090D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2022-01-21 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-01-25 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-25 Committee substitute printed 22104659D-S1 substitution
  • 2022-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-28 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-01-28 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2022-01-28 Committee substitute agreed to 22104659D-S1
  • 2022-01-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB283S1
  • 2022-01-31 Passed by for the day
  • 2022-02-01 Passed by for the day
  • 2022-02-02 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-02 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2022-02-02 Amendment by Senator Obenshain agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2022-02-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB283ES1
  • 2022-02-02 Printed as engrossed 22104659D-ES1
  • 2022-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-02 Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) passage
  • 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
  • 2022-02-22 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2022-02-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-04 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-03-04 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-04 Committee substitute printed 22107100D-H1 substitution
  • 2022-03-08 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-09 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-09 Committee substitute agreed to 22107100D-H1
  • 2022-03-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB283H1
  • 2022-03-09 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-09 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-10 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
  • 2022-03-10 House insisted on substitute
  • 2022-03-10 House requested conference committee
  • 2022-03-10 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2022-03-11 Passed by temporarily
  • 2022-03-12 Amended by conference committee
  • 2022-03-12 Conference substitute printed 22107916D-S2
  • 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-12 VOTE: Adoption (99-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 Senate
  • 2022-04-11 Governor's substitute printed 22108110D-S3
  • 2022-04-27 Passed by for the day
  • 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 807 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2182d738-e1af-4cc5-9530-818de68601ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).