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Bill Richlands, Town of; amending charter, relates to ordinance. Charter; Town of Richlands. Amends the charter for the Town of Richlands in Tazewell County by requiring that proposed ordinances be presented, rather than read, at two regular meetings prior to adoption. The bill also requires the town manager to reside within the town within a contractually stated grace period, rather than during the tenure of office. This bill is identical to SB 873. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2199 Virginia HB 2199 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2199 (2025) — Richlands, Town of; amending charter, relates to ordinance.

Charter; Town of Richlands. Amends the charter for the Town of Richlands in Tazewell County by requiring that proposed ordinances be presented, rather than read, at two regular meetings prior to adoption. The bill also requires the town manager to reside within the town within a contractually stated grace period, rather than during the tenure of office. This bill is identical to SB 873.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N) — 200 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • James W. Morefield — primary (person)
  • T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103981D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2025-01-20 Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2025-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-24 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-28 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-29 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-30 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-01-31 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-11 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-12 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-12 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2199ER) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 29 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0029)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0158ae9-eb0a-4a1c-8d0f-d20130b47f72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).