Martinsville, City of; amending charter, notice of special meetings to council members.
Summary
Charter; City of Martinsville. Amends thecharter for the City of Martinsville by (i) allowing notice of specialmeetings to council members to be given by electronic mail, textmessage, or telephone call; (ii) providing for compensation to membersof the city council to be in accordance with general law; (iii) providing for action by resolution of the city council to make appropriationsor contract indebtedness; and (iv) requiring the city manager tobecome a resident of the City or reside within a certain distanceof the City. The bill makes numerous technical changes and repealsseveral outdated sections.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 19, 2024
Signed Apr 5, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 8, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 27, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Apr 5, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 566 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1512ER)
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-0-1)
senate
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 24105193D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Eric Phillips
RRepublican
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