republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-219.md

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Bill	Kenbridge, Town of; amending charter, municipal elections.	Charter; Town of Kenbridge. Updates thetown's charter to reflect the upcoming shift in municipal electionsfrom May to November. In addition, the bill reduces the mayor's termfrom four years to two years, beginning with the election to be heldin November 2024.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 219	Virginia HB 219 (2022)	bill		enacted	Thomas C. Wright, Jr.	3	23	6	2022-01-10	2022-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/474368da-291d-45dd-b23b-5e06a492be50	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB219	ec9645c77e2da2509d4ef8b301c1a41d2c770ebcc6f0a7f527ed7d7d98b981fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 219 (2022) — Kenbridge, Town of; amending charter, municipal elections.

Charter; Town of Kenbridge. Updates thetown's charter to reflect the upcoming shift in municipal electionsfrom May to November. In addition, the bill reduces the mayor's termfrom four years to two years, beginning with the election to be heldin November 2024.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0122 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB219ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100478D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100478D introduction
• 2022-01-10 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns 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
• 2022-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 122 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/474368da-291d-45dd-b23b-5e06a492be50. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).