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| Bill | Norfolk, City of; amending charter, employees of officers, vagrants. | 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 HB 749. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 96 | Virginia SB 96 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 96 (2020) — Norfolk, City of; amending charter, employees of officers, vagrants.
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 HB 749.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0528) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB96ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DHCD (SB96) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- 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
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100674D
introduction - 2019-12-03 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (SB96)
- 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
- 2020-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 528 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e6d28ce-5398-4911-bc69-9105573a35cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).