republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1552.md

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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	SB 1552	Virginia SB 1552 (2017)	bill	Elections	enacted	Stephen D. Newman	4	20	7	2017-01-20	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/ece7593b-b3cf-499b-9ef8-20461a625952	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1552	7c958998a3c46fa738841d38e064bc559bcf68d749c6d5479ff7ec31ffaedf77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1552 (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 (CHAP0167) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1552ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17104179D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104179D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Privileges and Elections — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Stephen D. Newman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 17104179D introduction
• 2017-01-20 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-03 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-03 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1552E
• 2017-02-03 Printed as engrossed 17104179D-E
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 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 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-16 Enrolled
• 2017-02-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 167 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ece7593b-b3cf-499b-9ef8-20461a625952. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).