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type: "Bill"
title: "Vacancies in elected local offices; interim appointments, notice requirement."
description: "Vacancies in elected local offices; interimappointments; notice requirement. Requires the local governingbody or elected school board making an interim appointment to filla vacancy in the membership of such body or board to hold a publicmeeting at least seven days prior to making such appointment. Thebill specifies that at such meeting, the body or board shall announcethe names of all persons being proposed for the interim appointmentand shall make available for inspection each person's resume andany other materials required by the body or board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 69"
citation: "Virginia HB 69 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-12-22"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7339e670-8016-486c-9f09-dc70cb04e2be"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB69"
source_hash: "fa03418fd6500d60fa0002169815d73b35c632f78418bd19ed04e69f8a970e70"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 69 (2024) — Vacancies in elected local offices; interim appointments, notice requirement.
Vacancies in elected local offices; interimappointments; notice requirement. Requires the local governingbody or elected school board making an interim appointment to filla vacancy in the membership of such body or board to hold a publicmeeting at least seven days prior to making such appointment. Thebill specifies that at such meeting, the body or board shall announcethe names of all persons being proposed for the interim appointmentand shall make available for inspection each person's resume andany other materials required by the body or board.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0168** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0168)
2. **HB69ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB69ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101325D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB69)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — **61** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 1-N) — **211** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101325D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-12-22** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB69)
- **2024-01-26** Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- **2024-02-02** Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 1-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 (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB69ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB69ER)
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-02** 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`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 168 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0168)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7339e670-8016-486c-9f09-dc70cb04e2be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).