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type: "Bill"
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title: "Portsmouth, City of; amending charter, aligning dates for nomination of candidates."
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description: "Charter; City of Portsmouth; emergency. Amends the charter for the City of Portsmouth by aligning dates for nomination of candidates and the filling of city council vacancies with state law. The bill also updates a Code of Virginia reference and contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 1208."
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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: "SB 106"
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citation: "Virginia SB 106 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["L. Louise Lucas"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-03"
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last_action: "2024-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cf4a385-b529-4461-88c1-9f5d45279c52"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB106"
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source_hash: "413ca91decd651afced5eabf28a5f3b5e1ae70b5b2b1fe717bbe3cc72af8c4ba"
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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 106 (2024) — Portsmouth, City of; amending charter, aligning dates for nomination of candidates.
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Charter; City of Portsmouth; emergency. Amends the charter for the City of Portsmouth by aligning dates for nomination of candidates and the filling of city council vacancies with state law. The bill also updates a Code of Virginia reference and contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 1208.
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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. **CHAP0339** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0339)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24101317D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB106)
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3. **SB106E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB106E)
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4. **SB106ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB106ER)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
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- Emily M. Jordan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24101317D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-03** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-15** Reported from Local Government with amendments (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-17** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2024-01-17** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-01-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB106E
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- **2024-01-17** Printed as engrossed 24101317D-E
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- **2024-01-17** Engrossed bill reprinted 24101317D-E
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- **2024-01-18** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-16** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB106ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 339 (effective 4/2/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0339)
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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/4cf4a385-b529-4461-88c1-9f5d45279c52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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