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Bill Williamsburg, City of; amending charter, change of municipal elections. Charter; City of Williamsburg. Amends the charter for the City of Williamsburg to reflect the change of municipal elections from May to November as required by general law. The bill also replaces numerous references to "director of finance" with "chief financial officer" and clarifies language related to the transfer of unencumbered appropriated balances between funds. This bill is identical to SB 179. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 552 Virginia HB 552 (2026)
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Virginia HB 552 (2026) — Williamsburg, City of; amending charter, change of municipal elections.

Charter; City of Williamsburg. Amends the charter for the City of Williamsburg to reflect the change of municipal elections from May to November as required by general law. The bill also replaces numerous references to "director of finance" with "chief financial officer" and clarifies language related to the transfer of unencumbered appropriated balances between funds. This bill is identical to SB 179.

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 — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 191 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Local Government — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 944 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jessica L. Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102451D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2026-01-20 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2026-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-01-23 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-27 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-01-28 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-01-29 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 4-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-01-30 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2026-02-23 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-24 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-24 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-25 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-25 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-02 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB552ER) passage
  • 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-02 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 169 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0169)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dfcbe4c3-9abb-480e-8bfb-66a5eb66108f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).