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| Bill | Hopewell, City of; amending charter, membership of Hopewell Water Renewal Commission. | Charter; City of Hopewell; Hopewell Water Renewal Commission. Changes the membership makeup of the Hopewell Water Renewal Commission (the Commission) by providing that up to seven members shall be selected from nominees submitted by users, with each user being permitted to nominate one member. The bill specifies that each new nominating user shall provide a reasonable, market-based capital contribution based on expected facility usage and consistent with the net present value of the existing users' prior capital contributions. The bill also establishes that, in order for actions or decisions made by the Commission to be effective, they must be agreed to by (i) a majority of its members and (ii) either the city manager or the member of the city council serving on the Commission. Finally, the bill removes the city council's authority to overrule actions of the Commission and to prescribe further duties to the Commission. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 289 | Virginia SB 289 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 289 (2026) — Hopewell, City of; amending charter, membership of Hopewell Water Renewal Commission.
Charter; City of Hopewell; Hopewell Water Renewal Commission. Changes the membership makeup of the Hopewell Water Renewal Commission (the Commission) by providing that up to seven members shall be selected from nominees submitted by users, with each user being permitted to nominate one member. The bill specifies that each new nominating user shall provide a reasonable, market-based capital contribution based on expected facility usage and consistent with the net present value of the existing users' prior capital contributions. The bill also establishes that, in order for actions or decisions made by the Commission to be effective, they must be agreed to by (i) a majority of its members and (ii) either the city manager or the member of the city council serving on the Commission. Finally, the bill removes the city council's authority to overrule actions of the Commission and to prescribe further duties to the Commission.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Local Government Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100658D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Senate committee offered
- 2026-01-20 Committee substitute printed 26105710D-S1
substitution - 2026-01-20 Reported from Local Government with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-20 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-20 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-21 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-21 Local Government Substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-21 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-01-22 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (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 - 2026-02-17 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2026-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-20 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-24 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-25 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-27 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-27 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB289ER)
passage - 2026-02-27 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-27 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 - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 492 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0492)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85d6405a-5921-4b37-af8b-423851580c70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).