republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1933.md

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Bill	Candidate withdrawal; notice of withdrawal, information to voters.	Provides that a candidate who has qualified to have his name printed on the ballot for an election is not deemed to have withdrawn from such election until he has submitted a signed written notice declaring his intent to withdraw and that notice has been received by the general registrar. The Department of Elections is required to include in its candidate guidance documents the requirements and process for candidate withdrawal. The bill also provides that when ballots are not corrected to delete a candidate's name, the general registrar shall provide a list of candidates who have withdrawn to be posted in each polling place and made available to the public.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1933	Virginia HB 1933 (2017)	bill	Elections	enacted	Betsy B. Carr	4	17	6	2017-01-10	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/aca5dbf7-dbfb-4a87-827b-857229e81785	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1933	5e26382a2858972da0d6fb03f7c688e944a07cc01d7a0d2f9cea7bf55699046e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1933 (2017) — Candidate withdrawal; notice of withdrawal, information to voters.

Provides that a candidate who has qualified to have his name printed on the ballot for an election is not deemed to have withdrawn from such election until he has submitted a signed written notice declaring his intent to withdraw and that notice has been received by the general registrar. The Department of Elections is required to include in its candidate guidance documents the requirements and process for candidate withdrawal. The bill also provides that when ballots are not corrected to delete a candidate's name, the general registrar shall provide a list of candidates who have withdrawn to be posted in each polling place and made available to the public.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1933ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104433D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101819D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — 18–4 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 4–3 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 92–5 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Privileges and Elections — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101819D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned P & E sub: Campaigns referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 17104433D-H1
• 2017-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1933H1
• 2017-02-01 Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled
• 2017-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 346 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aca5dbf7-dbfb-4a87-827b-857229e81785. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).