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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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Privileges and Elections Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Local Government — 141 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 981 (pass) · lower
  • Concur House Substitute R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 201 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 61 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — 201 (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).