republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1285.md

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Bill	Local electoral boards; office vacated if board member ceases to be qualified voter of county, etc.	Local electoral boards; office vacated if board member ceases to be qualified voter of county or city. Provides that if a member of a local electoral board ceases to be a qualified voter of the county or city for which he was appointed, his office is vacated and such vacancy is to be filled as provided by law. The bill clarifies that a person must be a qualified voter of the county or city in order to be eligible to serve as an electoral board member of that county or city.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1285	Virginia HB 1285 (2020)	bill		enacted	Tony O. Wilt	4	28	6	2020-01-08	2020-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/43553339-b654-4f35-b5fe-842a4d6b82c1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1285	bb1202ba895d4fedbfe82a5e875b50209d4ebd4590f82940e972e3ef061bdab9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1285 (2020) — Local electoral boards; office vacated if board member ceases to be qualified voter of county, etc.

Local electoral boards; office vacated if board member ceases to be qualified voter of county or city. Provides that if a member of a local electoral board ceases to be a qualified voter of the county or city for which he was appointed, his office is vacated and such vacancy is to be filled as provided by law. The bill clarifies that a person must be a qualified voter of the county or city in order to be eligible to serve as an electoral board member of that county or city.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0295) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1285ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB1285E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1285) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100224D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB1285)
• 2020-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-05 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House as amended HB1285E
• 2020-02-05 Printed as engrossed 20100224D-E
• 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1285E)
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-21 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1285ER)
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
• 2020-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 295 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43553339-b654-4f35-b5fe-842a4d6b82c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).