republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1512.md

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Bill	Martinsville, City of; amending charter, notice of special meetings to council members.	Charter; City of Martinsville. Amends thecharter for the City of Martinsville by (i) allowing notice of specialmeetings to council members to be given by electronic mail, textmessage, or telephone call; (ii) providing for compensation to membersof the city council to be in accordance with general law; (iii) providing for action by resolution of the city council to make appropriationsor contract indebtedness; and (iv) requiring the city manager tobecome a resident of the City or reside within a certain distanceof the City. The bill makes numerous technical changes and repealsseveral outdated sections.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1512	Virginia HB 1512 (2024)	bill		enacted	Eric Phillips	3	22	6	2024-01-19	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/0fc6b1bf-741c-485c-9ca3-761d1bf3c4ba	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1512	1e8f3a0815271465f45e08f064ea8f773ae55f6a0edeeb52b40dc49f138cb8f9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1512 (2024) — Martinsville, City of; amending charter, notice of special meetings to council members.

Charter; City of Martinsville. Amends thecharter for the City of Martinsville by (i) allowing notice of specialmeetings to council members to be given by electronic mail, textmessage, or telephone call; (ii) providing for compensation to membersof the city council to be in accordance with general law; (iii) providing for action by resolution of the city council to make appropriationsor contract indebtedness; and (iv) requiring the city manager tobecome a resident of the City or reside within a certain distanceof the City. The bill makes numerous technical changes and repealsseveral outdated sections.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0566 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1512ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 24105193D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eric Phillips — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105193D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Reported from Local Government (15-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 passage
• 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 (HB1512ER) 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
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 566 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0566)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0fc6b1bf-741c-485c-9ca3-761d1bf3c4ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).