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type: "Bill"
title: "Glen Lyn, Town of; repealing charter."
description: "Charter; Town of Glen Lyn; repeal. Repeals the charter for the Town of Glen Lyn in Giles County in accordance with the results of a voter referendum and an order of the circuit court for Giles County that annulled the town's charter as of February 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 98"
citation: "Virginia HB 98 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Ballard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-02"
last_action: "2026-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a70baa26-e35a-469b-89f9-ca891374b80d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB98"
source_hash: "79cbc5d0eb4c4a91bd7b9db88595448f1ae3ca18429c2ea7655488f63fb7084e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 98 (2026) — Glen Lyn, Town of; repealing charter.
Charter; Town of Glen Lyn; repeal. Repeals the charter for the Town of Glen Lyn in Giles County in accordance with the results of a voter referendum and an order of the circuit court for Giles County that annulled the town's charter as of February 1, 2025.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082390.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214862.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182233.PDF)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **60** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **200** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jason S. Ballard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101126D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-02** 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 (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 (96-Y 0-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 (HB98ER) `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`
- **2026-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 13 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-31** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a70baa26-e35a-469b-89f9-ca891374b80d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).