---
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: "SB 1514"
citation: "Virginia SB 1514 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mason"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e3d9d12-e57d-4487-9461-fc2753aeed40"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1514"
source_hash: "b3c1f80c9d9050c5584f33059f0fc8ff7294065953e7d47a2e71acffab2ed2df"
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 SB 1514 (2023) — General registrars; petition for removal.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0257** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0257)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 23104098D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1514)
3. **SB1514ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1514ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mason — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23104098D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1514)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with amendment (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1514ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB1514ER)
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 257 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0257)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e3d9d12-e57d-4487-9461-fc2753aeed40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).