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Subcommittee No. 1 forwards four Senate bills, including Manassas Park charter change
Summary
On what the chair called the final meeting of the 2025 session, Subcommittee No. 1 on Counties, Cities and Towns voted to report four Senate bills — including a Manassas Park charter change — to the full committee.
Subcommittee No. 1 on Counties, Cities and Towns voted to report four Senate bills to the full committee during a brief meeting the panel’s chair called the final meeting of the 2025 session.
The bills moved by voice and roll call and were sent forward by motions to report. Three of the measures were identified in the meeting as having identical House companion bills: SB 873 (companion HB 2199), SB 987 (companion HB 1696) and a Senate bill described as identical to a House measure by Delegate Marshall (HB 1971 as read in the record). The subcommittee also reported SB 144, a charter-change bill for the City of Manassas Park.
SB 873 — Senate companion to House Bill 2199 — was moved and seconded for a report to the full committee; the clerk announced the roll as recorded in the transcript as “7 2 0,” which the chair stated would report the bill. The committee record shows a motion to report and a second; no substantive debate on the bill was recorded in the transcript.
SB 987 — presented as identical to House Bill 1696 — was likewise moved, seconded and recorded by the clerk. The roll call reported in the transcript was 8–0 in favor and the chair said SB 987 would report.
A third Senate bill described by staff as identical to a House bill associated with Delegate Marshall was presented next; the transcript records a motion, a second and a roll-call announcement that is garbled in the verbatim record. The chair stated the bill would report. Because the audio/transcript rendering of the roll for that item is unclear in the record, the subcommittee’s tally is recorded here as reported aloud by the clerk in the meeting as transcribed; see the actions array for the committee’s recorded tally and the provenance segments for the exact transcript excerpt.
SB 144, a charter-change bill for the City of Manassas Park presented by Senator Rome, drew brief description on the floor. Senator Rome summarized the measure as clarifying the city’s boundaries; requiring payment of outstanding parking fines before issuing vehicle licenses; permitting the city to abate nuisances on private property; reducing the number of required governing-body meetings from 12 to 11 per year; and updating duties of several city officials. Delegate McNamara moved to report SB 144 and the clerk announced the roll as 7–0 in favor; the chair confirmed the bill would report.
There were no recorded motions to amend any of these measures during the subcommittee meeting, and no substantive policy debate or public comment on the bills appears in the transcript provided. The chair closed the brief session with thanks to clerks and AV staff and said members would meet on Friday in the full committee.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting transcript): SB 873 — roll announced in transcript as "7 2 0"; outcome: reported to committee. SB 987 — roll announced 8–0; outcome: reported. Senate bill described as companion to a Delegate Marshall House bill (HB 1971 as read in the record) — roll announcement in the transcript is unclear; outcome: reported. SB 144 (Manassas Park charter change) — roll announced 7–0; outcome: reported.
