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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pulaski, Town of; amending charter, municipal elections."
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description: "Charter; Town of Pulaski. Amends the charter for the Town of Pulaski in Pulaski County to reflect the town's shift from May to November municipal elections. The bill clarifies that the town council's membership consists of seven members, including the mayor, and provides that the mayor may vote in the council. The bill also changes the time of the election of the vice-mayor from even-numbered years to odd-numbered years at the first meeting of the council. This bill is identical to HB 1127."
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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 475"
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citation: "Virginia SB 475 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["T. Travis Hackworth"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47797533-e795-48a5-98e6-f9ee7a8d88a5"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB475"
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source_hash: "0f77d4ee8cae04545e3db62e9314dadb201d704e1256da1a5fe130754c220005"
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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 475 (2024) — Pulaski, Town of; amending charter, municipal elections.
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Charter; Town of Pulaski. Amends the charter for the Town of Pulaski in Pulaski County to reflect the town's shift from May to November municipal elections. The bill clarifies that the town council's membership consists of seven members, including the mayor, and provides that the mayor may vote in the council. The bill also changes the time of the election of the vice-mayor from even-numbered years to odd-numbered years at the first meeting of the council. This bill is identical to HB 1127.
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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. **CHAP0356** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0356)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101963D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB475)
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3. **SB475ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB475ER)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- 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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- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- T. Travis Hackworth — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101963D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-22** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-25** 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 (SB475ER) `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 356 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356)
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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/47797533-e795-48a5-98e6-f9ee7a8d88a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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