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type: "Bill"
title: "Buchanan, Town of; amending charter, town elections, etc."
description: "Charter; Town of Buchanan. Updates the charter of the Town of Buchanan in Botetourt County to reflect the shift to November municipal elections as required by general law. The bill also updates the town manager's residency requirements, requires the town manager to appoint the town clerk, and repeals the provisions of the town's charter relating to the appointment of commissioners of the Redevelopment and Housing Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2092"
citation: "Virginia HB 2092 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/823e4b88-a30b-42fb-bc08-3932602453d2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2092"
source_hash: "5fdd4fa3eed5294b406834262205884653825e9d6af5b4f18ce043cf86c812c9"
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 2092 (2025) — Buchanan, Town of; amending charter, town elections, etc.
Charter; Town of Buchanan. Updates the charter of the Town of Buchanan in Botetourt County to reflect the shift to November municipal elections as required by general law. The bill also updates the town manager's residency requirements, requires the town manager to appoint the town clerk, and repeals the provisions of the town's charter relating to the appointment of commissioners of the Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015048.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071002.PDF)
3. **Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025714.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030383.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050240.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: — **200** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100265D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-24** VOTE:
- **2025-01-24** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-29** Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-01-29** Printed as engrossed 25100265D-E
- **2025-01-30** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2092ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 57 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0057)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/823e4b88-a30b-42fb-bc08-3932602453d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).