republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-618.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	Bristol, City of; amending charter, increases voting precincts.	Charter; City of Bristol. Amends the City of Bristol's charter to provide for five voting precincts rather than four. The bill also replaces references to the personnel department with "human resources department" and makes changes related to the assignment of powers and duties. This bill is identical to HB 682.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 618	Virginia SB 618 (2024)	bill		enacted	Todd E. Pillion	3	22	5	2024-01-10	2024-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/4129d8c1-9d39-4a7b-9e36-6f8049052f4f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB618	0dd21be99d1ef70ecd413f696b22f5c9fa179f4e8da869b93e2f8f9acb30eeff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 618 (2024) — Bristol, City of; amending charter, increases voting precincts.

Charter; City of Bristol. Amends the City of Bristol's charter to provide for five voting precincts rather than four. The bill also replaces references to the personnel department with "human resources department" and makes changes related to the assignment of powers and duties. This bill is identical to HB 682.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0011 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101383D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB618ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101383D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 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 (21-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 (SB618ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 11 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4129d8c1-9d39-4a7b-9e36-6f8049052f4f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).