republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-187.md

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Bill	Virginia Beach, City of; amending charter, transition to a city council, voting districts.	An Act to amend and reenact § 3.01, as amended, § 3.01:1, and §§ 3.02:1 and 3.02:2, as amended, of Chapter 147 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962, which provided a charter for the City of Virginia Beach, and to repeal § 3.02:3 of Chapters 127 and 762 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020, relating to city council; voting districts; emergency.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 187	Virginia HB 187 (2026)	bill		enacted	Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler	8	38	10	2026-01-07	2026-03-10	openstates	ocd-bill/13b04522-a26b-43a4-af9a-5e78a2fe2915	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB187	296d825c746d073639e795353c67aab1b5f1f7bc79dbc64d5c51b9d9e8069ab1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 187 (2026) — Virginia Beach, City of; amending charter, transition to a city council, voting districts.

An Act to amend and reenact § 3.01, as amended, § 3.01:1, and §§ 3.02:1 and 3.02:2, as amended, of Chapter 147 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962, which provided a charter for the City of Virginia Beach, and to repeal § 3.02:3 of Chapters 127 and 762 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020, relating to city council; voting districts; emergency.

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. Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
6. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
7. Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Local Government — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 4–1 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Governor's Recommendation R — 22–18 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 66–29 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 83–13 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 25–15 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) — 15–4 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — primary (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-14-2026 26101410D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-07 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N)
• 2026-01-23 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (15-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-01-28 Passed by for the day
• 2026-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-29 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-01-29 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-01-30 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 13-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-02 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 Reported from Local Government (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-24 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-24 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Defeated by Senate (25-Y 15-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-25 Reconsideration of Senate passage rejected by Senate
• 2026-02-25 Passed by for the day
• 2026-02-26 Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-02 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB187ER) passage
• 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 03, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-04 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
• 2026-03-06 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (66-Y 29-N 1-A)
• 2026-03-10 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-10 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-10 Reenrolled bill text (HB187ER2) enrolled
• 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter11(Effective 3/10/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-03-10 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13b04522-a26b-43a4-af9a-5e78a2fe2915. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).