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2013 SESSION
HB 1961 Charter; City of Portsmouth.
Introduced by: Matthew James | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Charter; City of Portsmouth. Changes the deadline for the filing of a petition nominating a candidate for the office of mayor or city council member from the first Tuesday in June to the second Tuesday of June of the year of election. The amendment also moves the deadline for appointing a campaign treasurer from the first to the second Tuesday of June and makes the technical change of allowing the circulation of petitions to begin on January 1, as permitted by the Code of Virginia, rather than on the first Tuesday in January. SB 688 is identical to this bill.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/13 13102336D pdf
- 01/22/13 House: Printed as engrossed 13102336D-E pdf
- 02/21/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1961ER) pdf
- 03/16/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0432) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/13 13102336D
- 01/09/13 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/11/13 House: Assigned CC & T sub: #1
- 01/16/13 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/13 House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/13 House: Read first time
- 01/22/13 House: Read second time
- 01/22/13 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/22/13 Senate: Emergency clause deleted
- 01/22/13 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1961E
- 01/22/13 House: Printed as engrossed 13102336D-E
- 01/23/13 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/13 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/24/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/12/13 Senate: Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/13 Senate: Read third time
- 02/15/13 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/13 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1961ER)
- 02/21/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 432 (effective 7/1/13)
- 03/16/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0432)