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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Beach, City of; amending charter, transition to a city council, voting districts."
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description: "An Act to amend and reenact § 3.01, as amended, § 3.01:1, and §§ 3.02:1 and 3.02:2, as amended, of Chapter 147 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962, which provided a charter for the City of Virginia Beach, and to repeal § 3.02:3 of Chapters 127 and 762 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020, relating to city council; voting districts; emergency."
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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 681"
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citation: "Virginia SB 681 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron R. Rouse"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-03-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e355597-e4e4-43a4-9e18-5f81885150e2"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB681"
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source_hash: "144d51724ea4521bdce9f2828562430d448d7473f39db819303a311e2d48b10d"
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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 681 (2026) — Virginia Beach, City of; amending charter, transition to a city council, voting districts.
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An Act to amend and reenact § 3.01, as amended, § 3.01:1, and §§ 3.02:1 and 3.02:2, as amended, of Chapter 147 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962, which provided a charter for the City of Virginia Beach, and to repeal § 3.02:3 of Chapters 127 and 762 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020, relating to city council; voting districts; emergency.
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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/1091939.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214807.PDF)
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3. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194947.HTML)
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4. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1195187.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1168721.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **72–25** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **17–4** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt Governor's Recommendation R — **22–17** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **67–27** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **27–13** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron R. Rouse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100882D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** 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 (27-Y 13-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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- **2026-02-13** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Passed House (72-Y 25-N 1-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB681ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-18** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 05, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-04** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2026-03-05** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 17-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (67-Y 27-N 1-A)
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- **2026-03-09** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-09** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-09** Reenrolled bill text (SB681ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 9 (Effective 3/9/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-09** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0009)
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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/5e355597-e4e4-43a4-9e18-5f81885150e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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