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| Bill | Local officers; oath of office. | Local officers; oath of office. Provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of any local government charter, or any other provision of law, every elected county, city, town and district officer, on or before the day on which his term of office begins, shall qualify by taking the oath prescribed by general law. Current law allows a local government charter to prescribe a different procedure for taking the oath. This bill is identical to SB 997. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2628 | Virginia HB 2628 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2628 (2025) — Local officers; oath of office.
Local officers; oath of office. Provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of any local government charter, or any other provision of law, every elected county, city, town and district officer, on or before the day on which his term of office begins, shall qualify by taking the oath prescribed by general law. Current law allows a local government charter to prescribe a different procedure for taking the oath. This bill is identical to SB 997.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 25103067D
introduction - 2025-01-13 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2025-01-20 Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2025-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-24 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-28 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-29 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-30 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-31 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2025-02-10 Reported from Local Government (15-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 (HB2628ER)
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 - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 416 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7818ba0-5b8e-4f2c-a0b8-feaeea32d16e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).