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type: "Bill"
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title: "Williamsburg, City of; amending charter, change of municipal elections."
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description: "Charter; City of Williamsburg. Amends the charter for the City of Williamsburg to reflect the change of municipal elections from May to November as required by general law. The bill also replaces numerous references to \"director of finance\" with \"chief financial officer\" and clarifies language related to the transfer of unencumbered appropriated balances between funds. This bill is identical to HB 552."
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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: "SB 179"
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citation: "Virginia SB 179 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["J.D. \"Danny\" Diggs"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-09"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/311487a1-9e94-457a-bf53-6946e945e5a3"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB179"
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source_hash: "4662a57f99eed7f489560b266bc3626bd95eec0f8ac6777f15946b33c4a8856c"
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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 SB 179 (2026) — Williamsburg, City of; amending charter, change of municipal elections.
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Charter; City of Williamsburg. Amends the charter for the City of Williamsburg to reflect the change of municipal elections from May to November as required by general law. The bill also replaces numerous references to "director of finance" with "chief financial officer" and clarifies language related to the transfer of unencumbered appropriated balances between funds. This bill is identical to HB 552.
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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/1083666.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217009.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1168670.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Local Government — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102226D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-09** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-09** Introduced bill reprinted 26102226D
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- **2026-01-19** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-20** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-20** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-21** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-13** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB179ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-18** 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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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 170 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170)
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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/311487a1-9e94-457a-bf53-6946e945e5a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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