republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1342.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fairfax, City of; amending charter, elections, compensation for members of boards or commissions."
description: "Charter; City of Fairfax; financial powers; elections; compensation for members of boards or commissions. Amends the charter for the City of Fairfax by replacing a cap on the transient occupancy tax with a reference to general law. The bill also amends the charter to align it with current law requiring municipal elections to be held at the November general election. Finally, the bill removes the limit of $50 per meeting for compensation of members of boards and commissions and provides that such compensation is in such amounts as established by the City Council. This bill is identical to SB 581."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1342"
citation: "Virginia HB 1342 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gretchen M. Bulova"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/553ccd23-a53c-4910-8725-0852c20bd0e2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1342"
source_hash: "141deaa87aef8aa814acc0f882e222e1142cb367635fea5c15edaec6cf4a9372"
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 1342 (2026) — Fairfax, City of; amending charter, elections, compensation for members of boards or commissions.

Charter; City of Fairfax; financial powers; elections; compensation for members of boards or commissions. Amends the charter for the City of Fairfax by replacing a cap on the transient occupancy tax with a reference to general law. The bill also amends the charter to align it with current law requiring municipal elections to be held at the November general election. Finally, the bill removes the limit of $50 per meeting for compensation of members of boards and commissions and provides that such compensation is in such amounts as established by the City Council. This bill is identical to SB 581.

## 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/1090168.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217298.PDF)
3. **Local Government Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1171862.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194205.PDF)

## Votes

- Reconsider R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **89–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **24–16** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with substitute — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **34–6** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **93–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gretchen M. Bulova — primary (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 26104660D `introduction`
- **2026-01-19** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-30** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-05** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-02-05** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 9-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-06** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Reported from Local Government with substitute (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Senate committee offered
- **2026-02-23** Committee substitute printed 26108413D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-24** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-24** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Local Government Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-25** Defeated by Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-25** Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Reconsideration of Senate passage rejected by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-25** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate with substitute (34-Y 6-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Senate substitute agreed to by House (93-Y 6-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1342ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 302 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0302)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/553ccd23-a53c-4910-8725-0852c20bd0e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).