HB 1634 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Charter; City of Portsmouth.

Summary

Charter; City of Portsmouth. Amends the charter for the City of Portsmouth by authorizing the City Manager to require city departments to implement appropriate enhancement or remedial measures consistent with prevailing law wherever there exists (i) a compelling government interest, (ii) an analysis that documents a statistically significant disparity between the availability and utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses, or (iii) direct evidence by minority-owned businesses or women-owned businesses of the impact of race by discrimination. This bill is identical to SB 872.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Vetoed

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 3, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 2 edits · Feb 20, 2025

MINOR

This bill was introduced in 2025 to add sections 13.03 and 13.04 to the City of Portsmouth's charter, establishing authority for the City Manager to address disparities in minority and women-owned business procurement. The enrolled version shows the bill was passed by the General Assembly and approved, with no substantive policy changes to the original text - only formatting and layout adjustments typical of legislative processing.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the City of Portsmouth charter, with no changes to applicability beyond the original intent.

TECHNICAL

Text formatting and layout changes from introduced draft to enrolled version, including spacing, line breaks, and header formatting typical of legislative approval process

Enrolled status and approval language added to indicate the bill has been passed by the General Assembly and is ready for execution

Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 24, 2025

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Feb 11, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 2, 2025

Vetoed

House sustained Governor's veto

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Feb 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1634ER)

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N)

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Local Government (11-Y 1-N 2-A)

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Local Government

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N)

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed by for the day

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 10-N)

lower

Jan 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)

lower

Jan 13, 2025

Committee

Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1

lower

Jan 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors