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Bill Elections; form of ballot, ballot order. Requires that on any ballot all offices to be elected shall appear before any questions presented to the voters. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2046 Virginia HB 2046 (2019)
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Virginia HB 2046 (2019) — Elections; form of ballot, ballot order.

Requires that on any ballot all offices to be elected shall appear before any questions presented to the voters. 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 (CHAP0283) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2046ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102880D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections — 100 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Joseph P. McNamara — primary (person)
  • David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102880D introduction
  • 2019-01-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2019-01-12 Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
  • 2019-01-29 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2019-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-02-01 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2019-02-15 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-20 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-20 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-20 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
  • 2019-02-27 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 283 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dce3a49c-0e13-494f-88a7-d5efb676560a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).