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Bill Form of ballot; order of independent candidates, required paperwork. Provides that when there is more than one independent candidate for an office, their names shall appear on the ballot in an order determined by the priority of time of filing all required paperwork for the office. In the event that two or more candidates file simultaneously, the order of filing is determined by lot by the electoral board. Currently, this order applies only to the names of candidates for school board, and the names of all other independent candidates appear alphabetically. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 SB 1104 Virginia SB 1104 (2017)
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Virginia SB 1104 (2017) — Form of ballot; order of independent candidates, required paperwork.

Provides that when there is more than one independent candidate for an office, their names shall appear on the ballot in an order determined by the priority of time of filing all required paperwork for the office. In the event that two or more candidates file simultaneously, the order of filing is determined by lot by the electoral board. Currently, this order applies only to the names of candidates for school board, and the names of all other independent candidates appear alphabetically. 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 (CHAP0364) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1104ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100594D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17100594D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House amendments agreed to by Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments — 100 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments — 200 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed Senate — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE — 980 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 70 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100594D introduction
  • 2017-01-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2017-01-20 Passed by for the day
  • 2017-01-23 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-01-23 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2017-01-23 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2017-01-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1104E
  • 2017-01-23 Printed as engrossed 17100594D-E
  • 2017-01-31 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2017-01-31 Assigned P & E sub: Campaigns referral-committee
  • 2017-02-13 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-14 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-14 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2017-02-14 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2017-02-14 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2017-02-20 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-20 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 364 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0d5330d-758d-4fd8-8bea-aed9ae267f68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).