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type: "Bill"
title: "Poquoson, City of; amending charter, powers of city council."
description: "An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Article IV of Chapter 634 of the Acts of Assembly of 1976, which provided a charter for the City of Poquoson, relating to powers of city council; removing certain appointed members of board or commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 836"
citation: "Virginia SB 836 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. \"Danny\" Diggs"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-02"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b542670a-5b9c-4f56-82d9-b5c4f6a6f084"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB836"
source_hash: "6e76f22554772204d3e017b185e4730132d9ec57b76b1a3b04fc6811f6a2a84e"
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 836 (2025) — Poquoson, City of; amending charter, powers of city council.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Article IV of Chapter 634 of the Acts of Assembly of 1976, which provided a charter for the City of Poquoson, relating to powers of city council; removing certain appointed members of board or commission.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012158.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072654.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1020579.PDF)
4. **Local Government Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019146.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049728.PDF)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 4-N) — **174** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (91-Y 6-N) — **916** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with amendments (12-Y 0-N) — **120** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **53** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102575D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-02** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Reported from Local Government with amendments (12-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 `reading-2`
- **2025-01-15** Reading of amendments waived
- **2025-01-15** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-01-15** Printed as engrossed 25102575D-E
- **2025-01-15** Engrossed bill reprinted 25102575D
- **2025-01-16** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- **2025-02-07** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Passed House (91-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB836ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 355 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0355)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b542670a-5b9c-4f56-82d9-b5c4f6a6f084`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).