---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Plains, Town of; amending charter, election dates and terms of offices."
description: "Charter; Town of The Plains; elections; electiondates and terms. Changes elections and terms for town councilmenand the mayor to reflect a change for elections from May to Novemberand changes the beginning of terms from July following the electionsto January."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 322"
citation: "Virginia SB 322 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Holtzman Vogel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6790919-4f92-4f9b-aedb-367caca0ece7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB322"
source_hash: "a3029df4a2ca912ceb773bfa2761f7a8a1fba20b93fab851c10fe6047c9cf889"
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 322 (2022) — The Plains, Town of; amending charter, election dates and terms of offices.

Charter; Town of The Plains; elections; electiondates and terms. Changes elections and terms for town councilmenand the mayor to reflect a change for elections from May to Novemberand changes the beginning of terms from July following the electionsto January.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0335** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0335)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101525D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB322)
3. **SB322ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB322ER)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101525D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **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 335 (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/d6790919-4f92-4f9b-aedb-367caca0ece7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).