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type: "Bill"
title: "Middleburg, Town of; amending charter, clarification of powers and duties of mayor, council, etc."
description: "Charter; Town of Middleburg. Amends the charter of the Town of Middleburg by clarifying the powers and duties of the mayor, the town council, and the appointed town officials. This bill is identical to HB 441."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "Virginia SB 541 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Holtzman Vogel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/117f40db-01d0-49ff-8124-6d045c08250b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB541"
source_hash: "eb5278229bf1395dcc3431dd0b2352d0cbe2558c32ffb23774ad0ac578bbac37"
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 SB 541 (2020) — Middleburg, Town of; amending charter, clarification of powers and duties of mayor, council, etc.
Charter; Town of Middleburg. Amends the charter of the Town of Middleburg by clarifying the powers and duties of the mayor, the town council, and the appointed town officials. This bill is identical to HB 441.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0891)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0891)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB541ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB541ER)
3. **Impact statement from DHCD (SB541)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB541)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103065D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (SB541)
- **2020-01-22** Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 891 (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/117f40db-01d0-49ff-8124-6d045c08250b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).