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type: "Bill"
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title: "Front Royal, Town of; amending charter, relating to town manager."
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description: "An Act to amend and reenact § 14 of Chapter 44 of the Acts of Assembly of 1937, which provided a charter for the Town of Front Royal in Warren County, relating to town manager."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 385"
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citation: "Virginia SB 385 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Timmy French"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c0a35f9-629d-4bfd-ab42-34d2d5dcadfd"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB385"
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source_hash: "c0f53436e11e60de3d48be2d19e1313a70b1ee2b1f7ff14c7df123eb87248340"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 385 (2026) — Front Royal, Town of; amending charter, relating to town manager.
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An Act to amend and reenact § 14 of Chapter 44 of the Acts of Assembly of 1937, which provided a charter for the Town of Front Royal in Warren County, relating to town manager.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1089869.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218090.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1184740.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **94–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Timmy French — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103652D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-27** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-27** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-28** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-20** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-26** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** Passed House (94-Y 3-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB385ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 495 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0495)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c0a35f9-629d-4bfd-ab42-34d2d5dcadfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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