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type: "Bill"
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title: "Martinsville, City of; amending charter, granting of town status."
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description: "Charter; City of Martinsville; town status;referendum. Amends the charter for the City of Martinsville torequire the circuit court for the City of Martinsville, prior tonotifying the Supreme Court of the City's adoption of an ordinanceand petition for an order granting town status to the City, to firstrequire an election to be held on the following question: \"Shall theCity of Martinsville become a town?\" The bill provides that if amajority of the qualified voters of the City voting on the questionare in favor of the transition from city to town status, the specialcourt shall enter the order granting town status in accordance withthe procedures, requirements, and provisions of general law."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1511"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1511 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Phillips"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-19"
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last_action: "2024-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27f6cff6-c632-4555-8a52-4169cfb5aeac"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1511"
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source_hash: "8a8ef98cc3c07b9c4e369a1d7c8deb766f7682fb7c7d9ad8c1fc30fb70e157c3"
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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 1511 (2024) — Martinsville, City of; amending charter, granting of town status.
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Charter; City of Martinsville; town status;referendum. Amends the charter for the City of Martinsville torequire the circuit court for the City of Martinsville, prior tonotifying the Supreme Court of the City's adoption of an ordinanceand petition for an order granting town status to the City, to firstrequire an election to be held on the following question: "Shall theCity of Martinsville become a town?" The bill provides that if amajority of the qualified voters of the City voting on the questionare in favor of the transition from city to town status, the specialcourt shall enter the order granting town status in accordance withthe procedures, requirements, and provisions of general law.
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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. **CHAP0565** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0565)
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2. **HB1511ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1511ER)
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3. **Presented and ordered printed 24105192D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1511)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Phillips — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 24105192D `introduction`
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- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1511ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 565 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0565)
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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/27f6cff6-c632-4555-8a52-4169cfb5aeac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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