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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local officers; oath of office."
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description: "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 HB 2628."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 997"
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citation: "Virginia SB 997 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Angelia Williams Graves"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdaeb0e9-8211-4bdf-aa8d-9b5b3902390e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB997"
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source_hash: "4fd475b743b77869f3f31b715c846cee768704fa1fdba9be1c71bea610fad753"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 997 (2025) — Local officers; oath of office.
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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 HB 2628.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014751.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074320.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049696.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103028D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-14** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-14** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-15** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-16** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-05** Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-07** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB997ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 424 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0424)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdaeb0e9-8211-4bdf-aa8d-9b5b3902390e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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