HB 2768 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

County manager plan of government; county board, powers.

Summary

County manager plan of government; county board; powers. Broadens several powers related to the county board size and manner of election for counties that have adopted the county manager plan of government by giving such counties the option of following general law, after voter approval by referendum, rather than the provisions specified in this optional form of county government. Currently, only Arlington County has adopted the county manager plan of government. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2026 Session of the General Assembly.

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 17, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 1 edit · Feb 23, 2025

MINOR

This bill amended two sections of Virginia law governing county boards under the county manager plan. The changes primarily involve formatting and presentation of the enrolled version of the bill, with no substantive policy changes to the actual legislative text. The bill establishes procedures for county boards to petition for referendums on board size and chairman election methods, but these provisions were already present in the introduced version.

TECHNICAL

The enrolled version includes additional formatting elements, page numbers, and session headers that were not present in the introduced version, but the substantive legislative text remains identical.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 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

Amendments

Apr 2, 2025

Vetoed

House sustained Governor's veto

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Feb 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2768ER)

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate Amendment agreed to by House (53-Y 44-N)

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed by for the day

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 18-N)

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Introduced

Engrossed by Senate as amended

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Local Government Amendment agreed to

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Introduced

Reading of amendment waived

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Local Government with amendment (8-Y 7-N)

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Local Government

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (54-Y 40-N)

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (11-Y 9-N)

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Presented and ordered printed 25101552D

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor