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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Certificates of election; persons elected by write-in votes, exception for certain localities."
+description: "Certificates of election; persons elected by write-in votes, exception for certain localities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 2443"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2443 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bloxom"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-01-20"
+last_action: "2023-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c42ebe07-3c8c-46df-8032-9cf4d360148a"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2443"
+source_hash: "5d91bbfb7320d4f49e7ace4d8356226061a516f009e4f0743e92988b50c2a43b"
+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 HB 2443 (2023) — Certificates of election; persons elected by write-in votes, exception for certain localities.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0221** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0221)
+2. **HB2443ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2443ER)
+3. **Presented and ordered printed 23103540D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2443)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bloxom — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23103540D `introduction`
+- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2443)
+- **2023-01-30** Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-03** Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2443ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2443ER)
+- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 221 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0221)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c42ebe07-3c8c-46df-8032-9cf4d360148a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+