republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-941.md

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Bill	Local government meetings; rescheduling a meeting due to weather, etc.	Local government meetings; weather. Authorizes any political subdivision, board of zoning appeals, or local government board, commission, or authority, by resolution adopted at a regular meeting, to fix the day or days to which a regular meeting shall be continued if the chairman, or vice-chairman if the chairman is unable to act, finds and declares that weather or other conditions are such that it is hazardous for members to attend the regular meeting. The bill requires that such findings be communicated to the members and the press as promptly as possible and that all hearings and other matters previously advertised be conducted at the continued meeting, and no further advertising is required.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 941	Virginia SB 941 (2020)	bill		enacted	Mamie E. Locke	4	29	7	2020-01-13	2020-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/05aeb9fc-c3e4-4cd2-a6c4-422c0c245365	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB941	d1c46a036f1311a7deb748a230bb93edb1365976f57994430574882c0a029a62	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 941 (2020) — Local government meetings; rescheduling a meeting due to weather, etc.

Local government meetings; weather. Authorizes any political subdivision, board of zoning appeals, or local government board, commission, or authority, by resolution adopted at a regular meeting, to fix the day or days to which a regular meeting shall be continued if the chairman, or vice-chairman if the chairman is unable to act, finds and declares that weather or other conditions are such that it is hazardous for members to attend the regular meeting. The bill requires that such findings be communicated to the members and the press as promptly as possible and that all hearings and other matters previously advertised be conducted at the continued meeting, and no further advertising is required.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1143) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB941ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB941H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB941) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 20104543D introduction
• 2020-01-13 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB941)
• 2020-01-20 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-22 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-23 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Committee substitute printed 20108744D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108744D-H1
• 2020-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB941H1
• 2020-02-26 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Title replaced 20108744D-H1
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 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
• 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1143 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05aeb9fc-c3e4-4cd2-a6c4-422c0c245365. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).