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type: "Bill"
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title: "Norfolk, City of; amending charter, general updates."
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description: "Charter; City of Norfolk; general updates. Changes from a judge or justice of the peace to the city clerk the person to whom newly elected or appointed officials, other than members of the city council, take their oaths of office. The bill also repeals a section related to the establishment of a home guard militia in times of war or insurrection, and it removes references to payment of poll taxes in relation to whether a signature is valid on a petition for the nomination of councilmen or in connection with an initiative, referendum, or recall."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 1128"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1128 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lionell Spruill, Sr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-12-30"
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last_action: "2021-03-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e75ce367-a8c5-46a9-9d7f-8af05af0a3a0"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1128"
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source_hash: "f1b48bd67c122741c5f4e2d71368f434881153b6158f1f9035b2ba1d1f8e06da"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1128 (2021) — Norfolk, City of; amending charter, general updates.
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Charter; City of Norfolk; general updates. Changes from a judge or justice of the peace to the city clerk the person to whom newly elected or appointed officials, other than members of the city council, take their oaths of office. The bill also repeals a section related to the establishment of a home guard militia in times of war or insurrection, and it removes references to payment of poll taxes in relation to whether a signature is valid on a petition for the nomination of councilmen or in connection with an initiative, referendum, or recall.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0371** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0371)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21102553D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1128S1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100796D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1128)
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4. **SB1128ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1128ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 0-N 1-A) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Counties, Cities and Towns — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)
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- Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100796D `introduction`
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- **2020-12-30** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-15** Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-18** Reported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-18** Committee substitute printed 21102553D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2021-01-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-20** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2021-01-20** Committee substitute agreed to 21102553D-S1
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- **2021-01-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1128S1
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- **2021-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Counties, Cities and Towns
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- **2021-02-10** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-12** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
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- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 371 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e75ce367-a8c5-46a9-9d7f-8af05af0a3a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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