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type: "Bill"
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title: "Ballots; number ordered to be printed."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2415"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2415 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["T. Scott Garrett"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-19"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0bf67db-ee9b-4fde-9096-2f679e49a305"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2415"
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source_hash: "db5ecb3661b6656b1d9725a3f73ae80ce7c109a1685d7567beaf64ceb28a8a7a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2415 (2017) — Ballots; number ordered to be printed.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0356)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2415ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2415ER)
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3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17104213D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2415)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17104213D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2415E)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)
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- Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 17104213D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-19** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-23** Assigned P & E sub: Campaigns `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB2415E
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- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17104213D-E
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 356 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0bf67db-ee9b-4fde-9096-2f679e49a305`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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