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Bill Martinsville, City of; approval of voters before city can revert to town status, sunset provision. City of Martinsville; city reversion; sunset. Requires approval from the City of Martinsville voters before the city can revert to town status. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2026. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 85 Virginia SB 85 (2022)
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Virginia SB 85 (2022) — Martinsville, City of; approval of voters before city can revert to town status, sunset provision.

City of Martinsville; city reversion; sunset. Requires approval from the City of Martinsville voters before the city can revert to town status. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2026.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0219 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101334D (committee substitute) — source
  3. Printed as engrossed 22101334D-E (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB85ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N) — 81 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) — 166 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) — 328 (pass) · upper
  • Rereferred from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (88-Y 9-N) — 879 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Local Government with amendment (9-Y 5-N) — 95 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101334D introduction
  • 2022-01-05 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2022-01-25 Rereferred from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-25 Rereferred to Local Government referral-committee
  • 2022-02-07 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-07 Reported from Local Government with amendment (9-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-09 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-09 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2022-02-09 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2022-02-09 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB85E
  • 2022-02-09 Printed as engrossed 22101334D-E
  • 2022-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-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 #2 referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N)
  • 2022-02-25 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-01 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-02 Passed by for the day
  • 2022-03-03 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-03 Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns amendment rejected
  • 2022-03-03 Passed House (88-Y 9-N) passage
  • 2022-03-03 VOTE: Passage (88-Y 9-N)
  • 2022-03-08 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
  • 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 219 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c4b2f56-e1fd-4fdf-9e4a-9dd7dcf71337. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).