Occoquan, Town of; new charter, previous charter repealed except section 2.
Summary
Charter; Town of Occoquan. Establishes a new charter for the Town of Occoquan in Prince William County and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1930. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the town's government and contains powers typically granted to towns. Changes from the current charter include (i) updating the description of the Town's boundary, (ii) changing the election dates for councilmembers and the mayor from May to November, (iii) changing the mayor's and councilmembers' terms of office from two years to four years, (iv) eliminating provisions that duplicate provisions in the Code of Virginia, and (v) deleting outdated provisions. This bill is identical to SB 97.
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 12, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 23, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2022
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 23, 2022
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 537 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102447D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Luke Torian
DDemocratic
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