republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-257.md

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Bill	Brodnax, Town of; amending charter, reduces number of town councilmen.	Charter; Town of Brodnax; town council; membership; meetings. Reduces from seven to five the number of town councilmen for the Town of Brodnax. The bill also reduces from four to three the number of councilmen needed for a quorum and from four to two the number of councilmen needed to call a special meeting. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to HB 168.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 257	Virginia SB 257 (2020)	bill		enacted	Frank M. Ruff, Jr.	3	24	6	2020-01-03	2020-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/ee684c3e-83ae-4226-8a3f-794b2b893665	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB257	29c11048e2728cd2ca514a29e9926f04cf09e36029cd893b5d2d749be3b4a053	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 257 (2020) — Brodnax, Town of; amending charter, reduces number of town councilmen.

Charter; Town of Brodnax; town council; membership; meetings. Reduces from seven to five the number of town councilmen for the Town of Brodnax. The bill also reduces from four to three the number of councilmen needed for a quorum and from four to two the number of councilmen needed to call a special meeting. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to HB 168.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0890) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB257ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DHCD (SB257) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 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
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/08/20 20101084D introduction
• 2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (SB257)
• 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 on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 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 890 (effective 4/8/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee684c3e-83ae-4226-8a3f-794b2b893665. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).