---
type: "Bill"
title: "Onley, Town of; amending charter, shifts municipal elections from May to November."
description: "Onley, Town of; amending charter, shifts municipal elections from May to November."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1429"
citation: "Virginia SB 1429 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e2605b7-60c8-4ddb-be7b-32d60ac39f8f"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1429"
source_hash: "87d2b7b8eb87ddf230e947d144ee0ba31b916352e2e43678489982be7e1f1ede"
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 1429 (2017) — Onley, Town of; amending charter, shifts municipal elections from May to November.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0582)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0582)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1429ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1429ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103632D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1429)

## Votes

- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **17–5** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Local Government — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House — **85–9** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 17103632D `introduction`
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Assigned P & E sub: Campaigns `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Referred from Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** Passed House (85-Y 9-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 582 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e2605b7-60c8-4ddb-be7b-32d60ac39f8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).