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Bill Ballots; number ordered to be printed. Requires the general registrars to consider the number of active registered voters and historical election data, including voter turnout, when determining the number of ballots to order to be printed for an election. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 2415 Virginia HB 2415 (2017)
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Virginia HB 2415 (2017) — Ballots; number ordered to be printed.

Requires the general registrars to consider the number of active registered voters and historical election data, including voter turnout, when determining the number of ballots to order to be printed for an election. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2415ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Presented and ordered printed 17104213D (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Printed as engrossed 17104213D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment — 210 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 70 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections — 140 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)
  • Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 17104213D introduction
  • 2017-01-19 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2017-01-23 Assigned P & E sub: Campaigns referral-committee
  • 2017-02-04 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-06 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB2415E
  • 2017-02-06 Printed as engrossed 17104213D-E
  • 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-02-08 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 356 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0bf67db-ee9b-4fde-9096-2f679e49a305. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).