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| Bill | Poquoson, City of; amending charter, relating to school boards, terms of membership. | Charter; City of Poquoson. Amends the charter for the City of Poquoson to clarify the name and appointment process for the City's school board. The bill changes the term length from three years to four years, alters the composition of the school board from two members of each district and one at-large member to seven at-large members, and prohibits school board appointees from serving on any other city board, committee, or commission. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 123 | Virginia SB 123 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 123 (2026) — Poquoson, City of; amending charter, relating to school boards, terms of membership.
Charter; City of Poquoson. Amends the charter for the City of Poquoson to clarify the name and appointment process for the City's school board. The bill changes the term length from three years to four years, alters the composition of the school board from two members of each district and one at-large member to seven at-large members, and prohibits school board appointees from serving on any other city board, committee, or commission.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Privileges and Elections Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Local Government — 14–1 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 98–1 (pass) · lower
- Concur House Substitute R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 20–1 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — 20–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102473D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-05 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 Reported from Local Government (14-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-10 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-10 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-11 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-17 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-17 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-17 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2026-02-17 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2026-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- 2026-02-20 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-24 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-25 Motion to refer to Privileges and Elections agreed to
- 2026-02-25 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-02-27 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 House committee offered
- 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108818D-H1
substitution - 2026-03-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-04 Passed House with substitute (98-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-12 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-12 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB123ER)
passage - 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-12 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 334 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0334)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f3015fd-d566-4c78-9bc4-df49c14927b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).