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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Election recounts; reorganization of sections, technical amendments."
+description: "Election recounts; reorganization of sections;technical amendments. Reorganizes sections related to election recounts. The bill makes technical amendments and is a recommendationof the Code Commission."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 444"
+citation: "Virginia SB 444 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-07"
+last_action: "2020-04-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71d8d1bd-ecb0-4219-a35f-0e68cde67543"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB444"
+source_hash: "0209cbcfb030bfed4564a1e6ad695d9f37f4aba0a0d5e6f9dc6fffd022484621"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 444 (2020) — Election recounts; reorganization of sections, technical amendments.
+
+Election recounts; reorganization of sections;technical amendments. Reorganizes sections related to election recounts. The bill makes technical amendments and is a recommendationof the Code Commission.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0886)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0886)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB444ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB444ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB444)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB444)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100033D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB444)
+- **2020-01-21** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-14** Assigned P & E sub: Gubernatorial Appointments `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-21** Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-26** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB444ER)
+- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 886 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71d8d1bd-ecb0-4219-a35f-0e68cde67543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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