Virginia House Bill 2257 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2023 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-14 - Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Elections; local offices; election of council for cities and towns; exemption from district-based and ward-based restrictions for small localities. Exempts any city or town with a population of 25,000 or fewer persons that imposes district-based or ward-based residency requirements for members of the city or town council from the requirement that the member elected from each district or ward be elected by the qualified voters of that district or ward and not by the locality at large. Elections; local offices; election of council for cities and towns; exemption from district-based and ward-based restrictions for small localities. Exempts any city or town with a population of 25,000 or fewer persons that imposes district-based or ward-based residency requirements for members of the city or town council from the requirement that the member elected from each district or ward be elected by the qualified voters of that district or ward and not by the locality at large.

Election of council for cities and towns; exemption from district-based and ward-based restrictions.

Del. AC Cordoza [R]

2023-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) (Y: 52 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-14	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
2023-02-06	House	Printed as engrossed 23103235D-E
2023-02-06	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB2257E
2023-02-06	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2023-02-06	House	Read second time
2023-02-05	House	Read first time
2023-02-03	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N)
2023-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
2023-01-30	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2023-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103235D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	222	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2257
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2257+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2257E+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB2257AH
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2257F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2257FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1802V0012+HB2257
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H18V0017+HB2257
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1635+HB2257
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S08V0082+HB2257