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Bill Smithfield, Town of; amending charter, municipal elections, repealing outdated provisions. Charter; Town of Smithfield. Amends the charter for the Town of Smithfield in Isle of Wight County to reflect the town's shift from May to November municipal elections. The bill also updates or repeals outdated provisions of the town's charter. This bill is identical to SB 309. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 91 Virginia HB 91 (2024)
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Virginia HB 91 (2024) — Smithfield, Town of; amending charter, municipal elections, repealing outdated provisions.

Charter; Town of Smithfield. Amends the charter for the Town of Smithfield in Isle of Wight County to reflect the town's shift from May to November municipal elections. The bill also updates or repeals outdated provisions of the town's charter. This bill is identical to SB 309.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0269 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB91ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101137D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N) — 110 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Emily M. Jordan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101137D filing, introduction
  • 2023-12-30 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2024-01-16 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 (11-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 (HB91ER) passage
  • 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-07 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
  • 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 269 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0269)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8696e4d1-cf4d-458c-b31e-1409ecf6ba45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).