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| Bill | Bristol, City of; amending charter, changes to powers and organization. | Charter; City of Bristol; powers and organization. Makes changes to various provisions of the charter for the City ofBristol, including: (i) removing the city's authority to adopt ordinancesto provide for the prevention of immorality and for the suppressionof gambling places and to authorize the appointment of law-enforcementofficers in exchange with the City of Bristol, Tennessee; (ii) changingfrom city council to the city attorney the authority to appoint assistantcity attorneys; (iii) removing the requirement that a citizen ownreal property to serve on the planning commission; (iv) aligningthe requirements for appropriations outside of the appropriationsordinance with provisions of the Code of Virginia; (v) authorizingthe city council to re-appropriate unexpended funds at the end ofthe fiscal year, regardless of whether obligated to an ongoing project;and (vi) authorizing the city attorney to make investigations intocity affairs and removing such authority from other officers of boardsand commissions. The bill contains technical amendments. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2095 | Virginia HB 2095 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2095 (2021) — Bristol, City of; amending charter, changes to powers and organization.
Charter; City of Bristol; powers and organization. Makes changes to various provisions of the charter for the City ofBristol, including: (i) removing the city's authority to adopt ordinancesto provide for the prevention of immorality and for the suppressionof gambling places and to authorize the appointment of law-enforcementofficers in exchange with the City of Bristol, Tennessee; (ii) changingfrom city council to the city attorney the authority to appoint assistantcity attorneys; (iii) removing the requirement that a citizen ownreal property to serve on the planning commission; (iv) aligningthe requirements for appropriations outside of the appropriationsordinance with provisions of the Code of Virginia; (v) authorizingthe city council to re-appropriate unexpended funds at the end ofthe fiscal year, regardless of whether obligated to an ongoing project;and (vi) authorizing the city attorney to make investigations intocity affairs and removing such authority from other officers of boardsand commissions. The bill contains technical amendments.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0417 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2095ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101065D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101065D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2021-01-19 Assigned CC & T sub: Charters
referral-committee - 2021-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-22 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-25 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-26 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-01-27 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-27 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-28 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-11 Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters
referral-committee - 2021-02-15 Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-17 Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
passage - 2021-02-22 Enrolled
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 417 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df8fbefe-aeec-41be-aed9-409170b7a940. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).