HB 123 Virginia House of Delegates · 2018 Regular Session

Buchanan, Town of; amending charter, election of council member.

Summary
Staggers the elections of the town's four council members so that, beginning with the November general election in 2019, two members shall be elected to two-year terms in odd-numbered years, and two members and the mayor shall be elected to two-year terms in even-numbered years. The bill also makes the town clerk and town treasurer employees of the town, responsible to the town manager. The bill changes who shall appoint the town treasurer from the town council to the town manager. The bill contains technical amendments.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Dec 18, 2017 Last action Mar 7, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Amendments
4
Feb 27, 2018
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 23, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
legislature
Feb 23, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Feb 23, 2018
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
legislature
Feb 9, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 7, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB123E
legislature
Feb 7, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Jan 16, 2018
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #3
legislature
Dec 18, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
legislature
Dec 18, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101231D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Terry Austin
RRepublican
VA
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