Charter; City of Falls Church. (SB87)
Introduced By
Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-Springfield)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Charter; City of Falls Church. Shifts elections for city council from May to November. Council members shall have their four-year terms shortened by six months during the transition. The bill also provides that candidates shall be nominated only by petition in the manner prescribed by law for nonparty candidates and not by caucus, primary, convention, or other party-affiliated proceeding. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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01/09/2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101197D |
01/09/2012 | Referred to Committee on Local Government |
01/17/2012 | Assigned Local Gov sub: Charter |
01/17/2012 | Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/19/2012 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/20/2012 | Read second time and engrossed |
01/23/2012 | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/13/2012 | Placed on Calendar |
02/13/2012 | Read first time |
02/13/2012 | Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns |
02/17/2012 | Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (21-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
02/17/2012 | Committee substitute printed 12105487D-H1 |
02/20/2012 | Read second time |
02/21/2012 | Read third time |
02/21/2012 | Committee substitute agreed to 12105487D-H1 |
02/21/2012 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB87H1 |
02/21/2012 | Passed House with substitute (99-Y 1-N) |
02/21/2012 | VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2012 | House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2012 | Title replaced 12105487D-S1 |
02/28/2012 | Enrolled |
02/28/2012 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB87ER) |
02/28/2012 | Signed by Speaker |
02/29/2012 | Signed by President |
03/13/2012 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 255 (effective 7/1/12) |
03/13/2012 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0255) |
Map
This bill mentions Falls Church.
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 40 seconds.