---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recounts; rules of procedure, multiple simultaneous recounts."
description: "Recounts; rules of procedure, multiple simultaneous recounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2625"
citation: "Virginia HB 2625 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph C. Lindsey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33cd7571-4fa6-4d9a-81d1-7ed44ba32e42"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2625"
source_hash: "e7b20a4e2fd8a4ffdcb625375dedf99c42e00e7d1dd940306cbf2f4817f48789"
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 2625 (2019) — Recounts; rules of procedure, multiple simultaneous recounts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0382)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0382)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2625ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2625ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19103933D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2625)

## Votes

- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph C. Lindsey — primary (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-10** Presented and ordered printed 19103933D `introduction`
- **2019-01-10** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Enrolled
- **2019-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
- **2019-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 382 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33cd7571-4fa6-4d9a-81d1-7ed44ba32e42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).