SB 1206 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Danville, City of; new charter (previous charter repealed).

Summary
Charter; City of Danville. Establishes a new charter for the City of Danville and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1982. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the city's government and contains powers typically granted to cities. Changes in the new charter include (i) replacing the current borrowing process with the process established by state law, (ii) eliminating the city council supermajority required to pass certain ordinances related to revenue and spending in conformance with state law, (iii) clarifying that certain council actions require a majority vote of those members present and voting rather than an absolute majority, (iv) eliminating the requirement that organizational changes to city departments and divisions be by ordinance, (v) reducing the maximum dollar limit required to be approved by ordinance to reflect a mandatory requirement of state law, and (vi) reducing from three to two the number of council members who can request a special meeting to reflect a mandatory requirement of state law. The bill makes numerous other clarifying and technical changes. This bill is identical to HB 1971.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was converted from an enrolled legislative draft to a formally chaptered act, adding official chapter numbering (Chapter 67), approval date (March 18, 2025), and page formatting while retaining the identical charter text for the City of Danville. No substantive policy changes were made to the charter provisions themselves.
Scope change
None - the charter text remains substantively identical; only formatting and official chapter designation were added.
TECHNICAL

Added official chapter designation (Chapter 67) and approval date (March 18, 2025) to convert the bill from enrolled draft to enacted law.

Added page numbering and formatting markers consistent with Virginia Acts of Assembly publication standards.

Removed preliminary session headers and draft formatting markers from the enrolled version.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 14, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 19, 2025

How they voted

370
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Jan 14, 2025
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican18
17 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 18, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 67 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1206ER)
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Tammy Mulchi
Tammy Mulchi
RRepublican
VA
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