---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chesapeake, City of; amending charter, dates of elections, etc."
description: "Charter; City of Chesapeake. Amends the charter for the City of Chesapeake to clarify the dates for (i) the election and terms of members of council and the mayor, (ii) when a sitting council member must resign when running for mayor, and (iii) the election of a successor in the event of a vacancy in office. This bill is identical to HB 1645."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 935"
citation: "Virginia SB 935 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christie New Craig"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09baf39c-a077-4f17-a09f-1fea47fb2bb7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB935"
source_hash: "3a2e7b13d8634879b240945167c02c39571e77af99c54c0ca2f9392a8ad789a0"
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 935 (2025) — Chesapeake, City of; amending charter, dates of elections, etc.

Charter; City of Chesapeake. Amends the charter for the City of Chesapeake to clarify the dates for (i) the election and terms of members of council and the mayor, (ii) when a sitting council member must resign when running for mayor, and (iii) the election of a successor in the event of a vacancy in office. This bill is identical to HB 1645.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013444.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071098.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062219.PDF)

## Votes

- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christie New Craig — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102925D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-14** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-14** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-15** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-16** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB935ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 19 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09baf39c-a077-4f17-a09f-1fea47fb2bb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).