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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 HB 552. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 179 | Virginia SB 179 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 179 (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 HB 552.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102226D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-09 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2026-01-09 Introduced bill reprinted 26102226D
- 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)
- 2026-01-20 Passed by for the day
- 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 (SB179ER)
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 - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 170 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/311487a1-9e94-457a-bf53-6946e945e5a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).