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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.
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 19–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 94–4 (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).