republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-227.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Colonial Heights, City of; amending charter, relating to duties of city manager, etc.	Charter; City of Colonial Heights. Amends the charter of the City of Colonial Heights by updating language related to the duties of the City Manager and City Attorney, including elimination of the City Attorney's duties to the school board and school superintendent. The bill also includes the update or repeal of various outdated provisions related to appropriations, purchasing, and capital improvements. This bill is identical to SB 112.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 227	Virginia HB 227 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mike A. Cherry	3	23	6	2024-01-04	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/a4b294e7-07d4-4d43-8dcb-cd49cfb3d912	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB227	4b81708edb9dc4378aa4b75e7b98a9c95ad0c50fb6f77276c624dc228f98cfae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 227 (2024) — Colonial Heights, City of; amending charter, relating to duties of city manager, etc.

Charter; City of Colonial Heights. Amends the charter of the City of Colonial Heights by updating language related to the duties of the City Manager and City Attorney, including elimination of the City Attorney's duties to the school board and school superintendent. The bill also includes the update or repeal of various outdated provisions related to appropriations, purchasing, and capital improvements. This bill is identical to SB 112.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0180 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB227ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100565D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mike A. Cherry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100565D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-04 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB227ER) passage
• 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 180 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0180)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a4b294e7-07d4-4d43-8dcb-cd49cfb3d912. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).