republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1.md

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Bill	South Hill, Town of; amending charter, reflects shift from May to November municipal elections.	Charter; Town of South Hill. Updates thecharter for the Town of South Hill to reflect its upcoming shift from May to November municipal elections.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 1	Virginia HB 1 (2022)	bill		enacted	Thomas C. Wright, Jr.	3	24	6	2021-11-22	2022-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/5da9808e-6590-47dc-81e0-c04274ac09f0	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1	4f65188debc3e48db6bdf93e3bed8f64d46ad2ccf6bb2d20acd6c3998d84ebfe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1 (2022) — South Hill, Town of; amending charter, reflects shift from May to November municipal elections.

Charter; Town of South Hill. Updates thecharter for the Town of South Hill to reflect its upcoming shift from May to November municipal elections.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0087 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100291D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-11-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100291D introduction
• 2021-11-22 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2021-11-22 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-01-18 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-04 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-09 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-10 VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-11 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters referral-committee
• 2022-02-28 Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-02 Passed by temporarily
• 2022-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-07 Enrolled
• 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-08 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 87 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5da9808e-6590-47dc-81e0-c04274ac09f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).