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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	Falls Church, City of; amending charter, qualifications of members of boards and commissions.	Charter; City of Falls Church; qualificationsof members of boards and commissions. Removes the requirementin the City of Falls Church charter that board and commission membersbe qualified voters, replacing it with an age requirement of at least18 years of age while leaving the city residence requirement.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 54	Virginia HB 54 (2024)	bill		enacted	Marcus B. Simon	4	44	7	2023-12-22	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/7a483b72-e9e4-4501-a585-0c0e92a66782	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB54	c8e02983f64f015ce26bc905d267ecad62acd55b372d7f554979eb8812c5d7b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 54 (2024) — Falls Church, City of; amending charter, qualifications of members of boards and commissions.

Charter; City of Falls Church; qualificationsof members of boards and commissions. Removes the requirementin the City of Falls Church charter that board and commission membersbe qualified voters, replacing it with an age requirement of at least18 years of age while leaving the city residence requirement.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0630 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB54ER (committee substitute) — source
3. HB54H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100535D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (91-Y 2-N) — 90–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Defeated (51-Y 47-N) — 50–47 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100535D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-22 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 2024-01-19 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-24 Passed by for the day
• 2024-01-26 Passed by for the day
• 2024-01-29 Passed by for the day
• 2024-01-30 Passed by for the day
• 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 and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Read third time and defeated by House (51-Y 47-N) failure, reading-3
• 2024-02-07 (67 affirmative votes needed for passage)
• 2024-02-07 VOTE: Defeated (51-Y 47-N)
• 2024-02-07 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
• 2024-02-07 Engrossment reconsidered by House
• 2024-02-07 Passed by for the day
• 2024-02-08 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Floor substitute printed 24107436D-H1 (Simon)
• 2024-02-08 Substitute by Delegate Simon agreed to 24107436D-H1
• 2024-02-08 Passed by for the day
• 2024-02-08 Motion to reconsider passed by for the day agreed to
• 2024-02-08 Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB54H1
• 2024-02-09 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-09 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 2-N) passage
• 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-12 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB54ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 Signed by President 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
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 630 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0630)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a483b72-e9e4-4501-a585-0c0e92a66782. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).