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type: "Bill"
title: "Brodnax, Town of; amending charter, reduces number of town councilmen."
description: "Charter; Town of Brodnax; town council; membership; meetings. Reduces from seven to five the number of town councilmen for the Town of Brodnax. The bill also reduces from four to three the number of councilmen needed for a quorum and from four to two the number of councilmen needed to call a special meeting. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 257."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "Virginia HB 168 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roslyn C. Tyler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-12-26"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb477cd9-6266-48ba-b7da-5ea385477420"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB168"
source_hash: "280f4a5d0976569e5c0de108f374957282477e8aa9458321cf78f082f0eb0f2a"
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 168 (2020) — Brodnax, Town of; amending charter, reduces number of town councilmen.
Charter; Town of Brodnax; town council; membership; meetings. Reduces from seven to five the number of town councilmen for the Town of Brodnax. The bill also reduces from four to three the number of councilmen needed for a quorum and from four to two the number of councilmen needed to call a special meeting. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 257.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0119)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0119)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB168ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB168ER)
3. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB168)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB168)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Roslyn C. Tyler — primary (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-12-26** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/08/20 20102111D `introduction`
- **2019-12-26** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-26** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB168)
- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-31** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-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 BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-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 (13-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 119 (effective 3/4/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb477cd9-6266-48ba-b7da-5ea385477420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).