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type: "Bill"
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title: "Norfolk, City of; amending charter, employees of officers, vagrants."
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description: "Charter; City of Norfolk; employees of officers; vagrants. Amends the charter for the City of Norfolk by changing from \"election\" to \"appointment\" the term used to describe the selection of certain officers by the city council and clarifying that employees of such officers serve at will. The bill also removes a provision authorizing the City to prevent persons having no visible means of support, paupers, and persons who may be dangerous to the peace or safety of the City from coming to the City and authorizing the City to expel such persons who have been in the City less than 90 days. This bill is identical to SB 96."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 749"
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citation: "Virginia HB 749 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jerrauld C. \"Jay\" Jones"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-03-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc00fcac-0f6b-4f1a-9c00-94f7a596889b"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB749"
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source_hash: "5e1c470a1323def2c96eac1ae727147f4ab126ae2f4d9fd585100736637ad3b4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 749 (2020) — Norfolk, City of; amending charter, employees of officers, vagrants.
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Charter; City of Norfolk; employees of officers; vagrants. Amends the charter for the City of Norfolk by changing from "election" to "appointment" the term used to describe the selection of certain officers by the city council and clarifying that employees of such officers serve at will. The bill also removes a provision authorizing the City to prevent persons having no visible means of support, paupers, and persons who may be dangerous to the peace or safety of the City from coming to the City and authorizing the City to expel such persons who have been in the City less than 90 days. This bill is identical to SB 96.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0134)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0134)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB749ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB749ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB749)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB749)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101535D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB749)
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- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-31** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
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- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
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- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 134 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc00fcac-0f6b-4f1a-9c00-94f7a596889b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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