Martinsville, City of; approval of voters before city can revert to town status, sunset provision.
Summary
City of Martinsville; city reversion. Requires approval from the City of Martinsville voters before the city can revert to town status. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2026.
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 10, 2022
Signed Apr 8, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 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
32
Key actions
11
Committee
9
Amendments
4
Apr 8, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 220 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 25, 2022
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (85-Y 13-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (29-Y 11-N)
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 21, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government with amendment (10-Y 3-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Feb 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (82-Y 18-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB173E
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (14-Y 8-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 18, 2022
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 10, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 10, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102621D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Danny Marshall
RRepublican
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