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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 HB 629."
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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: "SB 454"
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citation: "Virginia SB 454 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e40f176a-00cd-4c07-9e4e-7a05f2fd2082"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB454"
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source_hash: "c9d62e13d0f38837ad86e5279b4599ae6a193d1ee3fb60b360ca4e30137ea1f1"
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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 454 (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 HB 629.
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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 (CHAP0825)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0825)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB454ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB454ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB454E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB454E)
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4. **Impact statement from DHCD (SB454)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB454)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Local Government with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102442D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (SB454)
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- **2020-01-22** Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-27** Reported from Local Government with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-29** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-01-29** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-01-29** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB454E
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- **2020-01-29** Printed as engrossed 20102442D-E
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- **2020-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 825 (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/e40f176a-00cd-4c07-9e4e-7a05f2fd2082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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