Herndon, Town of; amending charter, clarifies duties of town council.
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Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact §§ 4.1 and 4.2 and §§ 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, and 5.8, as severally amended, of Chapter 646 of the Acts of Assembly of 1968, which provided a charter for the Town of Herndon in Fairfax County, and to repeal §§ 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.1:2, and 7.5 of Chapter 646 of the Acts of...” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Charter; Town of Herndon. Updates the charter for the Town of Herndon in Fairfax County to permit greater flexibility for the town council to contract with the town manager regarding the location of his residence, clarifies the duties of the town manager relative to employees, clarifies that the town council has the authority to appoint two officers: the town manager and town attorney, and establishes that the town manager has the authority to employ any deputies or assistants for the two appoin
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 691 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Irene Shin
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-25 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-24 · P · Y 39, X 1
Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-23 · P · Y 14, X 1
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 97, X 3
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (21-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-30 · P · Y 21, X 1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-29 · P · Y 8, X 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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