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Bill Chesapeake, City of; amending charter, dates of elections, etc. Charter; City of Chesapeake. Amends the charter for the City of Chesapeake to clarify the dates for (i) the election and terms of members of council and the mayor, (ii) when a sitting council member must resign when running for mayor, and (iii) the election of a successor in the event of a vacancy in office. This bill is identical to SB 935. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1645 Virginia HB 1645 (2025)
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3 24 6 2025-01-03 2025-03-18 openstates ocd-bill/f5422f75-5b5f-4483-a3d5-d125c4457d1b https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1645 1efb41f024c194ed9fdc7fd61ce24dd6e0735ae2426151b9b3e4fe2d6e3ea15b 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Virginia HB 1645 (2025) — Chesapeake, City of; amending charter, dates of elections, etc.

Charter; City of Chesapeake. Amends the charter for the City of Chesapeake to clarify the dates for (i) the election and terms of members of council and the mayor, (ii) when a sitting council member must resign when running for mayor, and (iii) the election of a successor in the event of a vacancy in office. This bill is identical to SB 935.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102265D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2025-01-13 Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2025-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-17 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-21 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-22 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-23 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-01-24 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-11 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-12 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-12 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1645ER) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 9 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0009)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5422f75-5b5f-4483-a3d5-d125c4457d1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).