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Bill Danville, City of; new charter (previous charter repealed). Charter; City of Danville. Establishes a new charter for the City of Danville and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1982. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the city's government and contains powers typically granted to cities. Changes in the new charter include (i) replacing the current borrowing process with the process established by state law, (ii) eliminating the city council supermajority required to pass certain ordinances related to revenue and spending in conformance with state law, (iii) clarifying that certain council actions require a majority vote of those members present and voting rather than an absolute majority, (iv) eliminating the requirement that organizational changes to city departments and divisions be by ordinance, (v) reducing the maximum dollar limit required to be approved by ordinance to reflect a mandatory requirement of state law, and (vi) reducing from three to two the number of council members who can request a special meeting to reflect a mandatory requirement of state law. The bill makes numerous other clarifying and technical changes. This bill is identical to HB 1971. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 1206 Virginia SB 1206 (2025)
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Virginia SB 1206 (2025) — Danville, City of; new charter (previous charter repealed).

Charter; City of Danville. Establishes a new charter for the City of Danville and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1982. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the city's government and contains powers typically granted to cities. Changes in the new charter include (i) replacing the current borrowing process with the process established by state law, (ii) eliminating the city council supermajority required to pass certain ordinances related to revenue and spending in conformance with state law, (iii) clarifying that certain council actions require a majority vote of those members present and voting rather than an absolute majority, (iv) eliminating the requirement that organizational changes to city departments and divisions be by ordinance, (v) reducing the maximum dollar limit required to be approved by ordinance to reflect a mandatory requirement of state law, and (vi) reducing from three to two the number of council members who can request a special meeting to reflect a mandatory requirement of state law. The bill makes numerous other clarifying and technical changes. This bill is identical to HB 1971.

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 (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Tammy Brankley Mulchi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102336D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2025-01-13 Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-14 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-14 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-01-15 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-16 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-05 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-05 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2025-02-05 Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2025-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-14 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-18 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-19 Passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1206ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 67 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0067)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fe4438a-cfb8-4358-875a-1b68c142f7f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).