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Bill Amherst, Town of; amending charter, alters election of members of town council. Alters the election of members of the town council of the Town of Amherst from two-year terms to four-year staggered terms. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2018 SB 871 Virginia SB 871 (2018)
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2 13 5 2018-01-18 2018-03-02 openstates ocd-bill/33b31bb1-a97b-4e0e-98ba-ac70d12fd9c0 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB871 7e589165199a20e6e780e96167c77812928a19d7789837fb794a8a59a5c2ae00 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Virginia SB 871 (2018) — Amherst, Town of; amending charter, alters election of members of town council.

Alters the election of members of the town council of the Town of Amherst from two-year terms to four-year staggered terms. 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 (SB871ER) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104117D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

  • Mark J. Peake — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 18104117D introduction
  • 2018-01-18 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2018-02-02 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2018-02-08 Placed on Calendar
  • 2018-02-08 Read first time reading-1
  • 2018-02-08 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 91 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33b31bb1-a97b-4e0e-98ba-ac70d12fd9c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).