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| Bill | Bluefield, Town of; amending charter, relating to town council, mayor, and town powers. | Charter; Town of Bluefield. Amends the town's charter by (i) increasing the number of council members from five to six, (ii) allowing the mayor to vote only to break ties rather than on all matters, (iii) clarifying that the council may act by motion in addition to ordinance and resolution, and (iv) making technical amendments. This bill is identical to HB 171. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 244 | Virginia SB 244 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 244 (2020) — Bluefield, Town of; amending charter, relating to town council, mayor, and town powers.
Charter; Town of Bluefield. Amends the town's charter by (i) increasing the number of council members from five to six, (ii) allowing the mayor to vote only to break ties rather than on all matters, (iii) clarifying that the council may act by motion in addition to ordinance and resolution, and (iv) making technical amendments. This bill is identical to HB 171.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0889) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB244ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DHCD (SB244) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Referred from Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103892D
introduction - 2020-01-02 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (SB244)
- 2020-01-22 Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters
referral-committee - 2020-01-27 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-29 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-30 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-02-14 Referred from Courts of Justice
- 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2020-02-17 Assigned CC & T sub: Charters
referral-committee - 2020-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-28 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-03-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-07 Enrolled
- 2020-03-07 Signed by President
- 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 889 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dff5cb36-546a-412b-96ab-9e8e6b83db64. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).