republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1208.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	Portsmouth, City of; amending charter, aligning dates for nomination of candidates.	Charter; City of Portsmouth; emergency. Amends the charter for the City of Portsmouth by aligning dates for nomination of candidates and the filling of city council vacancies with state law. The bill also updates a Code of Virginia reference and contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 106.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1208	Virginia HB 1208 (2024)	bill		enacted	C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.	4	29	6	2024-01-10	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/125811f1-218a-4bb4-8b21-7d7274a3c706	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1208	d6fb6b0d77067b70b62787fe73c40ee1dbf427f2ec68adfd9f7dac25ddc16e49	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1208 (2024) — Portsmouth, City of; amending charter, aligning dates for nomination of candidates.

Charter; City of Portsmouth; emergency. Amends the charter for the City of Portsmouth by aligning dates for nomination of candidates and the filling of city council vacancies with state law. The bill also updates a Code of Virginia reference and contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 106.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0323 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1208ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24102155D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24102155D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24102155D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-31 Passed by for the day
• 2024-02-01 Passed by for the day
• 2024-02-02 Passed by for the day
• 2024-02-05 Passed by for the day
• 2024-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB1208E
• 2024-02-06 Printed as engrossed 24102155D-E
• 2024-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-08 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1208ER) passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 323 (effective 4/2/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0323)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/125811f1-218a-4bb4-8b21-7d7274a3c706. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).