republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-253.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Hampton, City of; amending charter, election of mayor.	Charter; City of Hampton; election and term dates. Changes dates of elections and terms from May toNovember and from July to January. The bill changes the effectiveresignation date of a candidate for mayor from June 30 to the daybefore his successor commences his term, and removes the specifiedcommencement date.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 253	Virginia SB 253 (2022)	bill		enacted	Mamie E. Locke	4	28	6	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/89c9ca28-bbca-4caf-910b-d96f4d617272	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB253	ecba8ec6ffc561ae10d73b576fb91426bbef02ed5390bb25bad34b1ae37494d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 253 (2022) — Hampton, City of; amending charter, election of mayor.

Charter; City of Hampton; election and term dates. Changes dates of elections and terms from May toNovember and from July to January. The bill changes the effectiveresignation date of a candidate for mayor from June 30 to the daybefore his successor commences his term, and removes the specifiedcommencement date.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0584 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22104898D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101376D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB253ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Local Government with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101376D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2022-01-21 Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-31 Reported from Local Government with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-31 Committee substitute printed 22104898D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 22104898D-S1
• 2022-02-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB253S1
• 2022-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-02-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-04 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-09 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-09 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled
• 2022-03-11 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 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
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 584 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89c9ca28-bbca-4caf-910b-d96f4d617272. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).