SB 123 VA

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Charter; City of Poquoson. Amends the charter for the City of Poquoson to clarify the name and appointment process for the City's school board. The bill changes the term length from three years to four years, alters the composition of the school board from two members of each district and one at-large member to seven at-large members, and prohibits school board appointees from serving on any other city board, committee, or commission.

• J.D. "Danny" Diggs Republican · primary

1. Jan 5, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102473D · upper
2. Jan 5, 2026 Referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
3. Feb 9, 2026 Reported from Local Government (14-Y 1-N) · upper
4. Feb 10, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
5. Feb 10, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
6. Feb 10, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
7. Feb 11, 2026 Read second time · upper
8. Feb 11, 2026 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) · upper
9. Feb 12, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
10. Feb 17, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
11. Feb 17, 2026 Read first time · lower
12. Feb 17, 2026 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
13. Feb 17, 2026 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1 · lower
14. Feb 20, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) · lower
15. Feb 20, 2026 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 1-N) · lower
16. Feb 24, 2026 Read second time · lower
17. Feb 25, 2026 Motion to refer to Privileges and Elections agreed to · lower
18. Feb 25, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · lower
19. Feb 27, 2026 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (20-Y 1-N) · lower
20. Feb 27, 2026 House committee offered · lower
21. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108818D-H1 · lower
22. Mar 3, 2026 Read second time · lower
23. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · lower
24. Mar 4, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
25. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
26. Mar 4, 2026 Passed House with substitute (98-Y 1-N 0-A) · lower
27. Mar 6, 2026 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
28. Mar 12, 2026 Enrolled · upper
29. Mar 12, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB123ER) · upper
30. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
31. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by President · upper
32. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · upper
33. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
34. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 334 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
35. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0334) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML