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type: "Bill"
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title: "Blacksburg, Town of; amending charter, public hearings."
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description: "Charter; Town of Blacksburg; public hearings. Clarifies provisions related to public hearings in the Town of Blacksburg by providing that if the town council plans to conduct a public hearing related to a proposed ordinance but to delay action on the proposal, the date for the delayed vote shall be stated on the agenda. Furthermore, the bill allows the council, after conducting and closing the public hearing, to vote to delay action until its next regular meeting. This bill is identical to SB 454."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 629"
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citation: "Virginia HB 629 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris L. Hurst"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-06"
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last_action: "2020-03-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/506b0100-c14f-4c3f-9fcc-ee3546655f69"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB629"
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source_hash: "6aa4a01f329d9621b8e4dbfa8240c104c245fa19cec6170a06600ac2fd7e0b03"
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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 629 (2020) — Blacksburg, Town of; amending charter, public hearings.
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Charter; Town of Blacksburg; public hearings. Clarifies provisions related to public hearings in the Town of Blacksburg by providing that if the town council plans to conduct a public hearing related to a proposed ordinance but to delay action on the proposal, the date for the delayed vote shall be stated on the agenda. Furthermore, the bill allows the council, after conducting and closing the public hearing, to vote to delay action until its next regular meeting. This bill is identical to SB 454.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0128)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0128)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB629ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB629ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB629E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB629E)
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4. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB629)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB629)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101607D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB629)
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- **2020-01-23** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-31** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-31** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-05** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-02-05** Engrossed by House as amended HB629E
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- **2020-02-05** Printed as engrossed 20101607D-E
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- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
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- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
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- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 128 (effective 7/1/20) `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/506b0100-c14f-4c3f-9fcc-ee3546655f69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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