republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-597.md

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Bill	Elkton, Town of; amending charter, town boundaries, council meetings.	Charter; Town of Elkton; town boundaries; council meetings. Codifies various annexation agreements between the Town of Elkton and Rockingham County. The bill increases from 30 to 45 days the maximum allowable period between a vacancy in the council and the filling of the vacancy. The bill also authorizes the Chief of Police to deliver via a designee a notice of a special or emergency meeting of the council. This bill is identical to HB 846.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 597	Virginia SB 597 (2020)	bill		enacted	Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.	3	24	6	2020-01-07	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/d091e012-2d41-498b-b916-7841cf3a4753	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB597	a6d664d3dc9f61b5c446ed9287b4c4cca4d915b2c54f023839d136eab812a46f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 597 (2020) — Elkton, Town of; amending charter, town boundaries, council meetings.

Charter; Town of Elkton; town boundaries; council meetings. Codifies various annexation agreements between the Town of Elkton and Rockingham County. The bill increases from 30 to 45 days the maximum allowable period between a vacancy in the council and the filling of the vacancy. The bill also authorizes the Chief of Police to deliver via a designee a notice of a special or emergency meeting of the council. This bill is identical to HB 846.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0757) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB597ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DHCD (SB597) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102408D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (SB597)
• 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
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 757 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d091e012-2d41-498b-b916-7841cf3a4753. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).