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 HB 1311.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 21, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 10, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 2, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 10, 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
21
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 571 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters
upper
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Jan 21, 2022
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 22103366D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
EH
Emmett Hanger
RRepublican
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