republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-691.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Craigsville, Town of; conveyance of certain property from Department of Corrections to the Town."
description: "Conveyance of certain property from the Departmentof Corrections to the Town of Craigsville; Augusta Correctional Center. Provides for the transfer of certain property in Augusta County fromthe Department of Corrections to the Town of Craigsville."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 691"
citation: "Virginia SB 691 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cee6ecde-f726-4321-a7bc-dc651f447d15"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB691"
source_hash: "238f979667740f06cb31804ac89d0bd12ac47e9f7b03f67bf164a226ca7bc0da"
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 691 (2024) — Craigsville, Town of; conveyance of certain property from Department of Corrections to the Town.

Conveyance of certain property from the Departmentof Corrections to the Town of Craigsville; Augusta Correctional Center. Provides for the transfer of certain property in Augusta County fromthe Department of Corrections to the Town of Craigsville.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0127)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 24105267D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB691)
3. **Printed as engrossed 24105267D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB691E)
4. **SB691ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB691ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 24105267D `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Rereferred from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Rereferred to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB691)
- **2024-01-30** Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Rereferred to Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-05** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Reading of amendment waived
- **2024-02-13** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB691E
- **2024-02-13** Printed as engrossed 24105267D-E
- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB691E)
- **2024-02-16** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-16** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-23** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB691ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB691ER)
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 127 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-20** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0127)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cee6ecde-f726-4321-a7bc-dc651f447d15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).