---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government; elections, single-member districts required."
description: "Election of certain governing bodies; single-member districts required. Requires every locality with a population of 400,000 or greater to elect the members of its governing body from single-member districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1483"
citation: "Virginia HB 1483 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66eebd32-e397-4e58-8be1-c83043fce5a8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1483"
source_hash: "0f519e3652555666ebb2c203bc05f8883367bef86a8747acc455b8ab198c895f"
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 1483 (2026) — Local government; elections, single-member districts required.

Election of certain governing bodies; single-member districts required. Requires every locality with a population of 400,000 or greater to elect the members of its governing body from single-member districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095452.PDF)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1200618.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Local Government — **8–6** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Privileges and Elections — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **64–32** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26105530D `introduction`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1483)
- **2026-02-06** Assigned HPE sub: Election Administration `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- **2026-02-13** Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (65-Y 32-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Rereferred from Privileges and Elections to Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Reported from Local Government (8-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (26-Y 13-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1483ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1483)
- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 862 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66eebd32-e397-4e58-8be1-c83043fce5a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).