---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hampton, City of; amending charter, election of mayor."
description: "Charter; City of Hampton; election and term dates. Changes dates of elections and terms from May toNovember and from July to January. The bill changes the effectiveresignation date of a candidate for mayor from June 30 to the daybefore his successor commences his term, and removes the specifiedcommencement date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 253"
citation: "Virginia SB 253 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89c9ca28-bbca-4caf-910b-d96f4d617272"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB253"
source_hash: "ecba8ec6ffc561ae10d73b576fb91426bbef02ed5390bb25bad34b1ae37494d8"
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 253 (2022) — Hampton, City of; amending charter, election of mayor.

Charter; City of Hampton; election and term dates. Changes dates of elections and terms from May toNovember and from July to January. The bill changes the effectiveresignation date of a candidate for mayor from June 30 to the daybefore his successor commences his term, and removes the specifiedcommencement date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0584** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0584)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22104898D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB253S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101376D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB253)
4. **SB253ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB253ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101376D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-31** Reported from Local Government with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Committee substitute printed 22104898D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 22104898D-S1
- **2022-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB253S1
- **2022-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 584 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89c9ca28-bbca-4caf-910b-d96f4d617272`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).