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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 HB 1311. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 699 Virginia SB 699 (2022)
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Virginia SB 699 (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 HB 1311.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0571 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Presented and ordered printed 22103366D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB699ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N) — 110 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-21 Presented and ordered printed 22103366D introduction
  • 2022-01-21 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2022-01-28 Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters referral-committee
  • 2022-02-07 Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-09 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-21 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2022-02-25 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-01 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-02 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-02 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-02 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-07 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-08 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-08 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 571 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b56ec83-02cf-480f-912b-56db66da7a2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).