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2005 SESSION

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SB 868 Advisory referendum; election of city council in City of Hopewell.

Introduced by: Frederick M. Quayle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Advisory referendum in the City of Hopewell; election of city council.  Provides that a referendum shall be held on the question of whether the qualified voters desire the city to change the method of city council elections from the current seven ward system to a five ward, two at-large system.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/05  Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 053276800  pdf
• 02/18/05  House: Committee substitute printed 053346800-H1  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/10/05  Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 053276800
• 01/10/05  Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
• 02/01/05  Senate: Reported from Local Government (11-Y 4-N)
• 02/03/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/05  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/05  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/07/05  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 9-N)
• 02/07/05  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (30-Y 9-N)
• 02/07/05  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/09/05  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/09/05  House: Read first time
• 02/09/05  House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
• 02/18/05  House: Reported from C. C. T. with sub (11-Y 10-N)
• 02/18/05  House: Committee substitute printed 053346800-H1
• 02/21/05  House: Read second time
• 02/22/05  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/23/05  House: Read third time
• 02/23/05  House: Committee substitute agreed to 053346800-H1
• 02/23/05  House: Defeated by House(59-Y 35-N)
• 02/23/05  House: requires 66 affirmative votes for passage
• 02/23/05  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (59-Y 35-N)
• 02/23/05  House: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
• 02/23/05  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/24/05  House: Read third time
• 02/24/05  House: Stricken from House calendar