republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-54.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Falls Church, City of; amending charter, qualifications of members of boards and commissions."
description: "Charter; City of Falls Church; qualificationsof members of boards and commissions. Removes the requirementin the City of Falls Church charter that board and commission membersbe qualified voters, replacing it with an age requirement of at least18 years of age while leaving the city residence requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 54"
citation: "Virginia HB 54 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-12-22"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a483b72-e9e4-4501-a585-0c0e92a66782"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB54"
source_hash: "c8e02983f64f015ce26bc905d267ecad62acd55b372d7f554979eb8812c5d7b9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 54 (2024) — Falls Church, City of; amending charter, qualifications of members of boards and commissions.

Charter; City of Falls Church; qualificationsof members of boards and commissions. Removes the requirementin the City of Falls Church charter that board and commission membersbe qualified voters, replacing it with an age requirement of at least18 years of age while leaving the city residence requirement.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0630** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0630)
2. **HB54ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB54ER)
3. **HB54H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB54H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100535D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB54)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 2-N) — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Defeated (51-Y 47-N) — **50–47** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100535D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-12-22** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- **2024-01-19** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** Passed by for the day
- **2024-01-26** Passed by for the day
- **2024-01-29** Passed by for the day
- **2024-01-30** Passed by for the day
- **2024-01-31** Passed by for the day
- **2024-02-01** Passed by for the day
- **2024-02-02** Passed by for the day
- **2024-02-05** Passed by for the day
- **2024-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Read third time and defeated by House (51-Y 47-N) `failure, reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** (67 affirmative votes needed for passage)
- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Defeated (51-Y 47-N)
- **2024-02-07** Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
- **2024-02-07** Engrossment reconsidered by House
- **2024-02-07** Passed by for the day
- **2024-02-08** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Floor substitute printed 24107436D-H1 (Simon)
- **2024-02-08** Substitute by Delegate Simon agreed to 24107436D-H1
- **2024-02-08** Passed by for the day
- **2024-02-08** Motion to reconsider passed by for the day agreed to
- **2024-02-08** Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB54H1
- **2024-02-09** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** VOTE: Passage (91-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-12** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-27** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB54ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 630 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0630)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a483b72-e9e4-4501-a585-0c0e92a66782`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).