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| Bill | Waverly, Town of; amending charter, transitioning town government. | Charter; Town of Waverly; emergency. Amends the charter for the Town of Waverly in Sussex County by transitioning the town from a strong mayor form of government to a council-manager form of government. Additional changes to the charter in the bill include (i) shifting town council elections from May to November, (ii) appointing a town manager, (iii) shifting certain duties from an elected mayor to a town manager, and (iv) repealing numerous outdated provisions. The bill contains an emergency clause. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 281 | Virginia SB 281 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 281 (2026) — Waverly, Town of; amending charter, transitioning town government.
Charter; Town of Waverly; emergency. Amends the charter for the Town of Waverly in Sussex County by transitioning the town from a strong mayor form of government to a council-manager form of government. Additional changes to the charter in the bill include (i) shifting town council elections from May to November, (ii) appointing a town manager, (iii) shifting certain duties from an elected mayor to a town manager, and (iv) repealing numerous outdated provisions. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-14-2026 26100473D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2026-01-13 Emergency clause added
- 2026-01-19 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-20 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-20 Passed by for the day
- 2026-01-21 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-21 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-22 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-03 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 (7-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-20 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-24 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-25 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-27 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-27 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB281ER)
passage - 2026-02-27 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-27 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 339 (effective 4/6/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0339)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/300a08b7-3ce8-4c83-9109-df26a017ad1c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).