---
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).