Scottsville, Town of; amending charter, staggered elections for town council and other officers.
Summary
Charter; Town of Scottsville; town council and other town officers. Provides staggered elections for the town council and removes authority of the town council to appoint other police officers besides the town sergeant. The bill authorizes the town council to appoint a town administrator, and authorizes the town council to appoint one person to multiple offices. The bill changes the term "president of the council" to "vice-mayor" and includes female pronouns with all instances of male pronouns. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 281.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 1, 2020
Signed Mar 4, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Mar 4, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 125 (effective 3/4/20)
executive
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB345E
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Charters
lower
Jan 1, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 1, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102298D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Robert B. Bell
RRepublican
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