---
type: "Bill"
title: "Absentee ballot; SB to adopt policy regarding counting, etc., in a central absentee voter precinct."
description: "Absentee ballot; SB to adopt policy regarding counting, etc., in a central absentee voter precinct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2266"
citation: "Virginia HB 2266 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ransone"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c000c12-ff29-487c-9b6c-bc3083aa3855"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2266"
source_hash: "210463c6d403dbc9a8f4edd132a5f51bc3c4aada55f7502b480d4ce026e4988a"
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 2266 (2023) — Absentee ballot; SB to adopt policy regarding counting, etc., in a central absentee voter precinct.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0152** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0152)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106313D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2266H1)
3. **HB2266ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2266ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103315D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2266)

## Votes

- Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ransone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103315D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB2266)
- **2023-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute printed 23106313D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB2266H1)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106313D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2266H1 `substitution`
- **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 Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2266ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2266ER)
- **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 152 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0152)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c000c12-ff29-487c-9b6c-bc3083aa3855`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).