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type: "Bill"
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title: "Smithfield, Town of; amending charter, municipal elections, repealing outdated provisions."
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description: "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 The bill also updates or repeals outdated provisions of the town's charter.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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 91"
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citation: "Virginia HB 91 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-12-30"
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last_action: "2024-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8696e4d1-cf4d-458c-b31e-1409ecf6ba45"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB91"
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source_hash: "1ea19853db5b6e4ebff4e05e3642fd043829859eea27efc412fedf16ff988a91"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 91 (2024) — Smithfield, Town of; amending charter, municipal elections, repealing outdated provisions.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0269** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0269)
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2. **HB91ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB91ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101137D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB91)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Emily M. Jordan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101137D `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-12-30** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-16** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-02** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB91ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 269 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0269)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8696e4d1-cf4d-458c-b31e-1409ecf6ba45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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