---
type: "Bill"
title: "General registrars; petition for removal."
description: "General registrars; petition for removal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2471"
citation: "Virginia HB 2471 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batten"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74ba0a47-1a0a-4c14-a6e2-815e5351f34f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2471"
source_hash: "59c431ca562f5ec46daacce9bb113ecfab209f0742605a9f89d9ff4c048284b9"
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 2471 (2023) — General registrars; petition for removal.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0256** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0256)
2. **HB2471ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2471ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104108D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2471)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23104108D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2471E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Batten — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23104108D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2471)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Amendment by Delegate Batten agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB2471E
- **2023-02-01** Printed as engrossed 23104108D-E
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** 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`
- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB2471E)
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-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 (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2471ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2471ER)
- **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 256 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0256)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74ba0a47-1a0a-4c14-a6e2-815e5351f34f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).