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Bill Louisa, Town of; new charter, previous charter repealed. Charter; Town of Louisa. Establishes a new charter for the Town of Louisa in Louisa County and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1972. The new charter sets out the organization of the town's government and contains powers typically granted to towns. This bill is identical to SB 462. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 657 Virginia HB 657 (2026)
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Virginia HB 657 (2026) — Louisa, Town of; new charter, previous charter repealed.

Charter; Town of Louisa. Establishes a new charter for the Town of Louisa in Louisa County and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1972. The new charter sets out the organization of the town's government and contains powers typically granted to towns. This bill is identical to SB 462.

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

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 200 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Local Government — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 50 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 931 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Luther Cifers, III — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104120D 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 (5-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-01-23 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-27 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-01-28 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-01-29 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
  • 2026-01-29 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-01-30 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 1-N 0-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 (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 (HB657ER) 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 194 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0194)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02b8397a-80bb-4db9-ad20-46da42d6353a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).