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Bill Crewe, Town of; amending charter, changes to charter including town council, elections and powers. Charter; Town of Crewe; town council; electionsand powers. Makes various changes to the charter for the Townof Crewe in Nottoway County, including (i) staggering town councilelections; (ii) changing from three to two the number of town councilmembers required to call a special meeting; and (iii) transferringfrom the town council to the town manager the authority to appoint,suspend, or terminate the chief of police with majority approval by the town council. The bill also repeals provisions related to theestablishment of a municipal court. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 SB 1216 Virginia SB 1216 (2021)
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Virginia SB 1216 (2021) — Crewe, Town of; amending charter, changes to charter including town council, elections and powers.

Charter; Town of Crewe; town council; electionsand powers. Makes various changes to the charter for the Townof Crewe in Nottoway County, including (i) staggering town councilelections; (ii) changing from three to two the number of town councilmembers required to call a special meeting; and (iii) transferringfrom the town council to the town manager the authority to appoint,suspend, or terminate the chief of police with majority approval by the town council. The bill also repeals provisions related to theestablishment of a municipal court.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0123 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101181D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB1216ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Continued to Special Session 1 in Counties, Cities and Towns — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101181D introduction
  • 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2021-01-15 Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters referral-committee
  • 2021-01-18 Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-20 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-02 Placed on Calendar
  • 2021-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Counties, Cities and Towns
  • 2021-02-10 Assigned CC & T sub: Charters referral-committee
  • 2021-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-12 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-16 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-17 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-17 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-02-22 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-24 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
  • 2021-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 123 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4875ae84-6fb3-426d-a738-2412feb2e76d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).