Charter; City of Norfolk.
Summary
An Act to amend and reenact § 62 and §§ 63, 64, and 114, as severally amended, of Chapter 34 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, which provided a charter for the City of Norfolk, relating to division of fire; classified service.
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 4, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions
Enrolled
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Chaptered
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3 edits
MINOR
This bill converts HB 1696 from an enrolled legislative bill to a chaptered act, making it officially part of the Virginia Code. The substantive content of the Norfolk City Charter amendments regarding fire division, police supervision, and classified service remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Added chapter number (Chapter 373) and approval date (March 24, 2025) to indicate the bill has been officially enacted into law.
Removed original bill header information and added formatted chaptered act header with proper spacing and alignment for official publication.
Added page number footer (2 of 2) to the chaptered version for document organization.
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 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 373 (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 (HB1696ER)
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 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alex Askew
DDemocratic
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