---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recount elections; standards, elections for offices to which more than one candidate can be elected."
description: "Recount elections; standards, elections for offices to which more than one candidate can be elected."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2324"
citation: "Virginia HB 2324 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cordoza"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34cfc857-22fb-44ed-8e3c-a6e5c8258876"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2324"
source_hash: "6e2f2f1eb027b54f570d8a113fa02b0b84a3013d8e6138ffc1f935e88841c333"
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 2324 (2023) — Recount elections; standards, elections for offices to which more than one candidate can be elected.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0219** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0219)
2. **HB2324ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2324ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23103681D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2324)

## Votes

- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cordoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 23103681D `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2324)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** 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 (HB2324ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2324ER)
- **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 219 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0219)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34cfc857-22fb-44ed-8e3c-a6e5c8258876`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).