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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vienna, Town of; amending charter, election and term dates."
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description: "Charter; Town of Vienna; elections; dates and terms. Changes the date of elections for the mayor and all councilmen from May 2022 to November 2023, with the accompanying start date changed to the first day of January 2024 and end date changed to the last day of December 2025. Starting in 2025, the bill changes the date for all subsequent elections to November, with the start date as the first day of January of the next year, and sets the term length for each councilman and mayor to two years. This bill is identical to SB 377."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 700"
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citation: "Virginia HB 700 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Keam"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cf96026-b6ca-4ba6-b220-680d869dfa18"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB700"
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source_hash: "a5cf65977d0669728650b4c7ef217eeba8abc254e315fd2c78e45efbe38e5b7d"
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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 HB 700 (2022) — Vienna, Town of; amending charter, election and term dates.
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Charter; Town of Vienna; elections; dates and terms. Changes the date of elections for the mayor and all councilmen from May 2022 to November 2023, with the accompanying start date changed to the first day of January 2024 and end date changed to the last day of December 2025. Starting in 2025, the bill changes the date for all subsequent elections to November, with the start date as the first day of January of the next year, and sets the term length for each councilman and mayor to two years. This bill is identical to SB 377.
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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. **CHAP0514** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0514)
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2. **HB700ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB700ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102048D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB700)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102048D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-24** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-04** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-10** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-10** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-11** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-21** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-23** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 514 (effective 7/1/22) `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/2cf96026-b6ca-4ba6-b220-680d869dfa18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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