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type: "Bill"
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title: "County manager plan of government; independent policing auditor."
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description: "County manager plan of government; independent policing auditor. Allows the governing body of any county with the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) to appoint an independent policing auditor. The independent policing auditor shall support any law-enforcement civilian oversight body created by the governing body and shall have all the powers of the law-enforcement civilian oversight body, to the extent such powers are delegated to the independent policing auditor by the oversight body. The independent policing auditor shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 226"
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citation: "Virginia HB 226 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-08"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49067f3e-ae86-4077-96ec-46961cc29956"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB226"
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source_hash: "c6bdf23c97838ed0e4edd7b9c12d6fdf75e4cf86ee2f47ba26c2be4b5394a129"
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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 HB 226 (2026) — County manager plan of government; independent policing auditor.
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County manager plan of government; independent policing auditor. Allows the governing body of any county with the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) to appoint an independent policing auditor. The independent policing auditor shall support any law-enforcement civilian oversight body created by the governing body and shall have all the powers of the law-enforcement civilian oversight body, to the extent such powers are delegated to the independent policing auditor by the oversight body. The independent policing auditor shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083163.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217753.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182473.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **63–34** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **20–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government — **8–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101277D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-08** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N 1-A)
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- **2026-01-30** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-05** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-06** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** Reported from Local Government (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-24** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB226ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 372 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0372)
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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/49067f3e-ae86-4077-96ec-46961cc29956`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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