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type: "Bill"
title: "Altavista, Town of; discounted water and sewer fees."
description: "Discounted water and sewer fees; Town of Altavista. Adds the Town of Altavista to those localities that may develop criteriafor providing discounted water and sewer fees and charges for low-income,elderly, or disabled customers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1585"
citation: "Virginia HB 1585 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Matthew Fariss"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/107c3e0b-72c2-40b7-aa49-1c29f8c5317e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1585"
source_hash: "b4db52914069dc22e501a74ca27b1e69a77bd785d09a44f3a785455e24e4c20c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1585 (2020) — Altavista, Town of; discounted water and sewer fees.
Discounted water and sewer fees; Town of Altavista. Adds the Town of Altavista to those localities that may develop criteriafor providing discounted water and sewer fees and charges for low-income,elderly, or disabled customers.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0149)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0149)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1585ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1585ER)
3. **Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1585)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1585)
## Votes
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **961** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **60** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 1-N) — **201** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- C. Matthew Fariss — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 20104918D `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1585)
- **2020-01-21** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-31** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 149 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/107c3e0b-72c2-40b7-aa49-1c29f8c5317e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).