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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I

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SB 1128 Norfolk, City of; amending charter, general updates.

Introduced by: Lionell Spruill, Sr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Charter; City of Norfolk; general updates. Changes from a judge or justice of the peace to the city clerk the person to whom newly elected or appointed officials, other than members of the city council, take their oaths of office. The bill also repeals a section related to the establishment of a home guard militia in times of war or insurrection, and it removes references to payment of poll taxes in relation to whether a signature is valid on a petition for the nomination of councilmen or in connection with an initiative, referendum, or recall.

FULL TEXT

• 12/30/20  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100796D  pdf
• 01/18/21  Senate: Committee substitute printed 21102553D-S1  pdf
• 02/19/21  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1128ER)  pdf
• 03/25/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0371)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 12/30/20  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100796D
• 12/30/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
• 01/15/21  Senate: Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters
• 01/18/21  Senate: Reported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 01/18/21  Senate: Committee substitute printed 21102553D-S1
• 01/19/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/20/21  Senate: Read second time
• 01/20/21  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 01/20/21  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21102553D-S1
• 01/20/21  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1128S1
• 01/21/21  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/21  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/02/21  House: Read first time
• 02/02/21  House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
• 02/08/21  House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
• 02/10/21  House: Assigned CC & T sub: Charters
• 02/11/21  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/21  House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/21  House: Read second time
• 02/17/21  House: Read third time
• 02/17/21  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/21  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/21  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/19/21  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1128ER)
• 02/19/21  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/22/21  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/24/21  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
• 02/24/21  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 03/25/21  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 371 (effective 7/1/21)
• 03/25/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0371)