Local officers; oath of office.
Summary
Local officers; oath of office. Provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of any local government charter, or any other provision of law, every elected county, city, town and district officer, on or before the day on which his term of office begins, shall qualify by taking the oath prescribed by general law. Current law allows a local government charter to prescribe a different procedure for taking the oath. This bill is identical to SB 997.
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 13, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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MINOR
This bill converts HB 2628 from an enrolled legislative bill to a chaptered act, making it official law. The substantive text of the bill remains unchanged, with only formatting and layout adjustments applied to the final published version.
TECHNICAL
The bill was formatted for official publication as Chapter 416 of the 2025 Session Virginia Acts of Assembly. The content of the law itself was not altered.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 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 416 (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 (HB2628ER)
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 (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 25103067D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jackie Glass
DDemocratic
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