Chesapeake, City of; amending charter, dates of elections, etc.
Summary
Charter; City of Chesapeake. Amends the charter for the City of Chesapeake to clarify the dates for (i) the election and terms of members of council and the mayor, (ii) when a sitting council member must resign when running for mayor, and (iii) the election of a successor in the event of a vacancy in office. This bill is identical to SB 935.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 3, 2025
Signed Mar 18, 2025
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What changed between versions
Enrolled
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Chaptered
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3 edits
MINOR
This bill changes the formatting and layout of a city charter for Chesapeake, Virginia, converting it from an enrolled draft to an officially chaptered act. The substantive policy content regarding elections, council member terms, and vacancy procedures remains unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the document format was updated to reflect official chaptering.
TECHNICAL
Removed '2025 SESSION' and 'ENROLLED' headers and replaced them with 'VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY - 2025 SESSION' and 'CHAPTER 9' formatting.
Added the approval date 'March 18, 2025' to the document.
Adjusted line breaks and spacing throughout the text to match official chaptered formatting standards.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 23, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 11, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 18, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 9 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1645ER)
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
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