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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Amherst, Town of; amending charter, alters election of members of town council."
+description: "Alters the election of members of the town council of the Town of Amherst from two-year terms to four-year staggered terms. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 871"
+citation: "Virginia SB 871 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark J. Peake"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-01-18"
+last_action: "2018-03-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33b31bb1-a97b-4e0e-98ba-ac70d12fd9c0"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB871"
+source_hash: "7e589165199a20e6e780e96167c77812928a19d7789837fb794a8a59a5c2ae00"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 871 (2018) — Amherst, Town of; amending charter, alters election of members of town council.
+
+Alters the election of members of the town council of the Town of Amherst from two-year terms to four-year staggered terms. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB871ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB871ER)
+2. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104117D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB871)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Local Government — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark J. Peake — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 18104117D `introduction`
+- **2018-01-18** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-08** Placed on Calendar
+- **2018-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
+- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
+- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
+- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 91 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33b31bb1-a97b-4e0e-98ba-ac70d12fd9c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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