SB 581 VA

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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 HB 1342.

• Saddam Azlan Salim Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104641D · upper
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
3. Jan 26, 2026 Reported from Local Government (8-Y 6-N) · upper
4. Jan 27, 2026 Read first time · upper
5. Jan 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
6. Jan 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
7. Jan 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
8. Jan 27, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
9. Jan 28, 2026 Read second time · upper
10. Jan 28, 2026 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) · upper
11. Jan 29, 2026 Read third time and defeated by Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A) · upper
12. Jan 29, 2026 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
13. Jan 29, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
14. Jan 29, 2026 Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
15. Jan 29, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N 0-A) · upper
16. Feb 4, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
17. Feb 4, 2026 Read first time · lower
18. Feb 4, 2026 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
19. Feb 13, 2026 House committee offered · lower
20. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (16-Y 5-N) · lower
21. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107970D-H1 · lower
22. Feb 15, 2026 Read second time · lower
23. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time · lower
24. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
25. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
26. Feb 16, 2026 Passed House with substitute (75-Y 22-N 0-A) · lower
27. Feb 18, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate · upper
28. Feb 19, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
29. Feb 19, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
30. Feb 23, 2026 Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
31. Feb 23, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
32. Feb 23, 2026 Senate Conferees: Salim, Pekarsky, Diggs · upper
33. Feb 24, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
34. Feb 24, 2026 House Conferees: Bulova, Shin, McNamara · lower
35. Mar 2, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
36. Mar 2, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 6-N 0-A) · lower
37. Mar 3, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (28-Y 12-N 0-A) · upper
38. Mar 9, 2026 Enrolled · upper
39. Mar 9, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB581ER) · upper
40. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
41. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by President · upper
42. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · upper
43. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
44. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 303 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
45. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0303) · 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
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · PDF
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · HTML
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · PDF
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML