republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-106.md

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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	Portsmouth, City of; amending charter, aligning dates for nomination of candidates.	Charter; City of Portsmouth; emergency. Amends the charter for the City of Portsmouth by aligning dates for nomination of candidates and the filling of city council vacancies with state law. The bill also updates a Code of Virginia reference and contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 1208.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 106	Virginia SB 106 (2024)	bill		enacted	L. Louise Lucas	4	27	5	2024-01-03	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/4cf4a385-b529-4461-88c1-9f5d45279c52	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB106	413ca91decd651afced5eabf28a5f3b5e1ae70b5b2b1fe717bbe3cc72af8c4ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 106 (2024) — Portsmouth, City of; amending charter, aligning dates for nomination of candidates.

Charter; City of Portsmouth; emergency. Amends the charter for the City of Portsmouth by aligning dates for nomination of candidates and the filling of city council vacancies with state law. The bill also updates a Code of Virginia reference and contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 1208.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0339 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24101317D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB106E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB106ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
• Emily M. Jordan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24101317D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-03 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Reported from Local Government with amendments (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-17 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-01-17 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-17 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB106E
• 2024-01-17 Printed as engrossed 24101317D-E
• 2024-01-17 Engrossed bill reprinted 24101317D-E
• 2024-01-18 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB106ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 339 (effective 4/2/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0339)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4cf4a385-b529-4461-88c1-9f5d45279c52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).