HB 187 VA

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Charter; City of Virginia Beach. Amends the charter for the City of Virginia Beach to reflect the City's transition to a city council consisting solely of single-member districts and the mayor. This bill is identical to SB 681 and contains an emergency clause.

• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler Democratic · primary

1. Jan 7, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-14-2026 26101410D · lower
2. Jan 7, 2026 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
3. Jan 20, 2026 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1 · lower
4. Jan 23, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 23, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N) · lower
6. Jan 23, 2026 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (15-Y 4-N) · lower
7. Jan 27, 2026 Read first time · lower
8. Jan 28, 2026 Passed by for the day · lower
9. Jan 29, 2026 Read second time · lower
10. Jan 29, 2026 committee amendment agreed to · lower
11. Jan 29, 2026 Engrossed by House as amended · lower
12. Jan 30, 2026 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 13-N 1-A) · lower
13. Feb 2, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
14. Feb 2, 2026 Referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
15. Feb 23, 2026 Reported from Local Government (10-Y 5-N) · upper
16. Feb 24, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
17. Feb 24, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
18. Feb 24, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
19. Feb 25, 2026 Read third time · upper
20. Feb 25, 2026 Defeated by Senate (25-Y 15-N 0-A) · upper
21. Feb 25, 2026 Reconsideration of Senate passage rejected by Senate · upper
22. Feb 25, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
23. Feb 26, 2026 Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N 0-A) · upper
24. Mar 2, 2026 Enrolled · lower
25. Mar 2, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB187ER) · lower
26. Mar 2, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
27. Mar 2, 2026 Signed by President · upper
28. Mar 3, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 03, 2026 · lower
29. Mar 3, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2026 · executive
30. Mar 4, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · executive
31. Mar 6, 2026 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (66-Y 29-N 1-A) · lower
32. Mar 10, 2026 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
33. Mar 10, 2026 Reenrolled · lower
34. Mar 10, 2026 Reenrolled bill text (HB187ER2) · lower
35. Mar 10, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
36. Mar 10, 2026 Signed by President · upper
37. Mar 10, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter11(Effective 3/10/2026) · executive
38. Mar 10, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Reenrolled · PDF
• Reenrolled · HTML
• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment · HTML
• Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment · HTML
• Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML