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Bill Norfolk, City of; amending charter, appointment of officers, record of ordinances, etc. Replaces references to election of certain city officers with references to appointment of such officers and deletes a reference to viva voce voting. The bill removes a provision requiring ordinances to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within 10 days after passage and outdated and duplicative provisions related to claims for property destroyed in a fire. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2018 SB 256 Virginia SB 256 (2018)
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2 14 5 2018-01-05 2018-03-02 openstates ocd-bill/6a5f11bf-6d85-46b5-ae3e-255cd0152e03 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB256 97ea48ad057a7f31785fb5331f793246baf4392dc9d080f7f02d9412f7fd6106 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Virginia SB 256 (2018) — Norfolk, City of; amending charter, appointment of officers, record of ordinances, etc.

Replaces references to election of certain city officers with references to appointment of such officers and deletes a reference to viva voce voting. The bill removes a provision requiring ordinances to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within 10 days after passage and outdated and duplicative provisions related to claims for property destroyed in a fire. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

  1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB256ER) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101743D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Local Government — 130 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 210 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 1000 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed Senate — 390 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101743D introduction
  • 2018-01-05 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2018-01-26 Passed by for the day
  • 2018-01-29 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2018-02-05 Placed on Calendar
  • 2018-02-05 Read first time reading-1
  • 2018-02-05 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2018-02-20 Read second time reading-2
  • 2018-02-21 Read third time reading-3
  • 2018-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2018-02-22 Enrolled
  • 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
  • 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
  • 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 75 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a5f11bf-6d85-46b5-ae3e-255cd0152e03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).