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| Bill | Herndon, Town of; amending charter, clarifies duties of town council. | Charter; Town of Herndon. Updates the charter for the Town of Herndon in Fairfax County to permit greater flexibility for the town council to contract with the town manager regarding the location of his residence, clarifies the duties of the town manager relative to employees, clarifies that the town council has the authority to appoint two officers: the town manager and town attorney, and establishes that the town manager has the authority to employ any deputies or assistants for the two appointed offices. The bill also removes outdated or duplicative provisions that occur as a result of the changes to the town manager's duties and authority and an obsolete reference to a Town of Herndon school board. This bill is identical to SB 343. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 887 | Virginia HB 887 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 887 (2026) — Herndon, Town of; amending charter, clarifies duties of town council.
Charter; Town of Herndon. Updates the charter for the Town of Herndon in Fairfax County to permit greater flexibility for the town council to contract with the town manager regarding the location of his residence, clarifies the duties of the town manager relative to employees, clarifies that the town council has the authority to appoint two officers: the town manager and town attorney, and establishes that the town manager has the authority to employ any deputies or assistants for the two appointed offices. The bill also removes outdated or duplicative provisions that occur as a result of the changes to the town manager's duties and authority and an obsolete reference to a Town of Herndon school board. This bill is identical to SB 343.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Irene Shin — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105331D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-01-30 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Committee substitute printed 26106601D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-04 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-05 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-06 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-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 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-02 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB887ER)
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 - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 691 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e383fed-b097-4117-a2d4-0d753c6ff89c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).