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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crewe, Town of; amending charter, changes to charter including town council, elections and powers."
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description: "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."
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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 1216"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1216 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frank M. Ruff, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-11"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4875ae84-6fb3-426d-a738-2412feb2e76d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1216"
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source_hash: "5442f18ffdac832925369bae097eb947df20eb10f47b3f2de03c49fac4856c19"
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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 1216 (2021) — Crewe, Town of; amending charter, changes to charter including town council, elections and powers.
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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.
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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. **CHAP0123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0123)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101181D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1216)
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3. **SB1216ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1216ER)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Counties, Cities and Towns — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101181D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-11** 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** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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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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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 123 (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/4875ae84-6fb3-426d-a738-2412feb2e76d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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