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type: "Bill"
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title: "Newport News, City of; amending charter, inaugural meeting of newly elected council."
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description: "Authorizes the Newport News City Council to set the time of the inaugural meeting of the newly elected council that is held on the first regular meeting date in July after council elections. Current law requires that the meeting be held at 10:00 a.m. This bill incorporates"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1766"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1766 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David E. Yancey"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-12-24"
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last_action: "2019-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d57d1eb2-6497-4792-a24c-8ad068fef60e"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1766"
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source_hash: "6506e7eaa28a7ad7ed8d5b8239d0e8bd9450efae1173c49a66fa1ef9cca5c47d"
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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 HB 1766 (2019) — Newport News, City of; amending charter, inaugural meeting of newly elected council.
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Authorizes the Newport News City Council to set the time of the inaugural meeting of the newly elected council that is held on the first regular meeting date in July after council elections. Current law requires that the meeting be held at 10:00 a.m. This bill incorporates
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0198)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0198)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1766)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1766ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1766ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105002D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1766H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101199D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1766)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Local Government — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David E. Yancey — primary (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-12-24** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101199D `introduction`
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- **2018-12-24** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-14** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-18** Incorporates HB1995 (Price)
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- **2019-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-23** Committee substitute agreed to 19105002D-H1
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- **2019-01-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1766H1
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- **2019-01-24** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-24** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-01-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-25** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
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- **2019-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 198 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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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/d57d1eb2-6497-4792-a24c-8ad068fef60e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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