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| Bill | Occoquan, Town of; new charter, previous charter repealed except section 2. | Charter; Town of Occoquan. Establishes a new charter for the Town of Occoquan in Prince William County and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1930. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the town's government and contains powers typically granted to towns. Changes from the current charter include (i) updating the description of the Town's boundary, (ii) changing the election dates for councilmembers and the mayor from May to November, (iii) changing the mayor's and councilmembers' terms of office from two years to four years, (iv) eliminating provisions that duplicate provisions in the Code of Virginia, and (v) deleting outdated provisions. This bill is identical to HB 822. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 97 | Virginia SB 97 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 97 (2022) — Occoquan, Town of; new charter, previous charter repealed except section 2.
Charter; Town of Occoquan. Establishes a new charter for the Town of Occoquan in Prince William County and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1930. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the town's government and contains powers typically granted to towns. Changes from the current charter include (i) updating the description of the Town's boundary, (ii) changing the election dates for councilmembers and the mayor from May to November, (iii) changing the mayor's and councilmembers' terms of office from two years to four years, (iv) eliminating provisions that duplicate provisions in the Code of Virginia, and (v) deleting outdated provisions. This bill is identical to HB 822.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0536 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100499D (committee substitute) — source
- SB97ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100499D
introduction - 2022-01-06 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2022-01-21 Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters
referral-committee - 2022-01-31 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-02 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2022-02-03 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 536 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/854dde3d-8ffa-4158-8a9b-9625ac758f02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).