SB 1444 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Manassas Park, City of; amending charter, city powers, etc.

Summary
Charter; City of Manassas Park. Makes numerous technical and clarifying changes to the charter for the City of Manassas Park. The bill includes an updated boundary description, requires as a condition precedent to the issuance of a vehicle license the payment of all fines for violation of the city's ordinances governing parking of vehicles, allows the city to remove and abate nuisances and charge and collect the cost thereof from the owner of the property affected, requires the city council to meet every month for at least 11 months of the year, rather than 12, and rewrites the duties of several city officials.
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 17, 2025 Signed Mar 21, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill is a formal formatting update that converts the legislative text from an 'Enrolled' version to a 'Chaptered' version, meaning it has been officially approved and assigned a chapter number (Chapter 346) for publication in the Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy content of the City of Manassas Park charter remains unchanged.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; this is purely a procedural formatting update.
TECHNICAL

Added chapter designation 'CHAPTER 346' and approval date 'March 21, 2025' to indicate official enactment.

Removed redundant header lines and added spacing/formatting consistent with official chaptered legislation.

Minor text cleanup including removal of duplicate words like 'Charter Charter' and 'City city' that appear throughout the document.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 19, 2025

How they voted

39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 28, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 346 (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 (SB1444ER)
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 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 25104265D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Danica Roem
Danica Roem
DDemocratic
VA
30