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Bill Tazewell, Town of; amending charter, residency requirement for town manager. Charter; Town of Tazewell. Amends the charter for the Town of Tazewell in Tazewell County to remove the strict residency requirement for the town manager. The bill provides that the town manager is encouraged to reside within the town limits and may reside within a reasonable distance outside the town limits upon majority approval of town council. This bill is identical to HB 62. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 153 Virginia SB 153 (2026)
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Virginia SB 153 (2026) — Tazewell, Town of; amending charter, residency requirement for town manager.

Charter; Town of Tazewell. Amends the charter for the Town of Tazewell in Tazewell County to remove the strict residency requirement for the town manager. The bill provides that the town manager is encouraged to reside within the town limits and may reside within a reasonable distance outside the town limits upon majority approval of town council. This bill is identical to HB 62.

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

  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Local Government — 150 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • T. Travis Hackworth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101170D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-07 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2026-01-19 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-20 Rules suspended
  • 2026-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-01-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-01-21 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-01-21 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-01-22 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-03 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2026-02-13 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-15 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-16 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-02-18 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-02-18 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB153ER) passage
  • 2026-02-18 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-18 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 15 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-03-31 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97f73ec2-c9c9-41ff-bbc5-f3d227663a63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).