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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bristol, City of; amending charter, increases voting precincts."
+description: "Charter; City of Bristol. Amends the City of Bristol's charter to provide for five voting precincts rather than four. The bill also replaces references to the personnel department with \"human resources department\" and makes changes related to the assignment of powers and duties. This bill is identical to HB 682."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 618"
+citation: "Virginia SB 618 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-01-10"
+last_action: "2024-03-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4129d8c1-9d39-4a7b-9e36-6f8049052f4f"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB618"
+source_hash: "0dd21be99d1ef70ecd413f696b22f5c9fa179f4e8da869b93e2f8f9acb30eeff"
+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 618 (2024) — Bristol, City of; amending charter, increases voting precincts.
+
+Charter; City of Bristol. Amends the City of Bristol's charter to provide for five voting precincts rather than four. The bill also replaces references to the personnel department with "human resources department" and makes changes related to the assignment of powers and duties. This bill is identical to HB 682.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0011** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0011)
+2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101383D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB618)
+3. **SB618ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB618ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101383D `filing, introduction`
+- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-22** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-16** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB618ER) `passage`
+- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 11 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4129d8c1-9d39-4a7b-9e36-6f8049052f4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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