republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-475.md

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Bill	Pulaski, Town of; amending charter, municipal elections.	Charter; Town of Pulaski. Amends the charter for the Town of Pulaski in Pulaski County to reflect the town's shift from May to November municipal elections. The bill clarifies that the town council's membership consists of seven members, including the mayor, and provides that the mayor may vote in the council. The bill also changes the time of the election of the vice-mayor from even-numbered years to odd-numbered years at the first meeting of the council. This bill is identical to HB 1127.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 475	Virginia SB 475 (2024)	bill		enacted	T. Travis Hackworth	3	22	5	2024-01-09	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/47797533-e795-48a5-98e6-f9ee7a8d88a5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB475	0f77d4ee8cae04545e3db62e9314dadb201d704e1256da1a5fe130754c220005	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 475 (2024) — Pulaski, Town of; amending charter, municipal elections.

Charter; Town of Pulaski. Amends the charter for the Town of Pulaski in Pulaski County to reflect the town's shift from May to November municipal elections. The bill clarifies that the town council's membership consists of seven members, including the mayor, and provides that the mayor may vote in the council. The bill also changes the time of the election of the vice-mayor from even-numbered years to odd-numbered years at the first meeting of the council. This bill is identical to HB 1127.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0356 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101963D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB475ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• 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
• Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• T. Travis Hackworth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101963D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-24 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-25 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 (SB475ER) 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 356 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47797533-e795-48a5-98e6-f9ee7a8d88a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).