Waynesboro, City of; amending charter, elections and appointments.
Summary
Charter; City of Waynesboro; elections and appointments; council, city manager, and school board. Changes the composition of the council of the City of Waynesboro to have one member from each of the four wards, who must reside in that ward and be elected by the voters of that ward, and one member at large, who can reside in any ward and is elected by the voters at large. The bill changes the position of chairman to that of mayor and creates a vice mayor position. The bill extends from one year to two years the term of other city officers, including city manager and city clerk. The bill changes dates to reflect the change of elections from May to November and the start of terms from July to January. This bill is identical to SB 699.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 21, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 22, 2022
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 332 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 21, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 22103452D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Avoli
RRepublican
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