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| Bill | Waynesboro, City of; amending charter, elections and appointments. | Charter; City of Waynesboro; elections and appointments; council, city manager, and school board. Changes the composition of the council of the City of Waynesboro to have one member from each of the four wards, who must reside in that ward and be elected by the voters of that ward, and one member at large, who can reside in any ward and is elected by the voters at large. The bill changes the position of chairman to that of mayor and creates a vice mayor position. The bill extends from one year to two years the term of other city officers, including city manager and city clerk. The bill changes dates to reflect the change of elections from May to November and the start of terms from July to January. This bill is identical to SB 699. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 1311 | Virginia HB 1311 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 1311 (2022) — Waynesboro, City of; amending charter, elections and appointments.
Charter; City of Waynesboro; elections and appointments; council, city manager, and school board. Changes the composition of the council of the City of Waynesboro to have one member from each of the four wards, who must reside in that ward and be elected by the voters of that ward, and one member at large, who can reside in any ward and is elected by the voters at large. The bill changes the position of chairman to that of mayor and creates a vice mayor position. The bill extends from one year to two years the term of other city officers, including city manager and city clerk. The bill changes dates to reflect the change of elections from May to November and the start of terms from July to January. This bill is identical to SB 699.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0332 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1311ER (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 22103452D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- G. "John" Avoli — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-21 Presented and ordered printed 22103452D
introduction - 2022-01-21 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2022-01-28 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2022-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-11 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-14 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2022-02-21 Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-23 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-25 Enrolled
- 2022-02-25 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-02-25 Signed by President
- 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 332 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a691b925-378f-45d5-aa37-2c0996e17137. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).