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type: "Bill"
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title: "Wytheville, Town of; amending charter, removes certain provisions requiring special election."
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description: "Removes provisions that would require a special election to fill certain vacancies in the office of mayor or on the town council, thus subjecting all such vacancies to the existing requirement that vacancies be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by majority vote of the remaining members on the council."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1319"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1319 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Charters"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charles W. Carrico, Sr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69f18f5f-baf0-4df9-9ea3-0c1bcc65b71f"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1319"
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source_hash: "e92d9646995b8b3466f2c91d40cb4557c579ba85e727fe5749abd7cfd6fb40bc"
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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 1319 (2017) — Wytheville, Town of; amending charter, removes certain provisions requiring special election.
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Removes provisions that would require a special election to fill certain vacancies in the office of mayor or on the town council, thus subjecting all such vacancies to the existing requirement that vacancies be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by majority vote of the remaining members on the council.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0220)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0220)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1319ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1319ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101236D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1319)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Local Government — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101236D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-03** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-14** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 220 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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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/69f18f5f-baf0-4df9-9ea3-0c1bcc65b71f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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