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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local electoral boards; office vacated if board member ceases to be qualified voter of county, etc."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1285"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1285 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tony O. Wilt"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43553339-b654-4f35-b5fe-842a4d6b82c1"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1285"
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source_hash: "bb1202ba895d4fedbfe82a5e875b50209d4ebd4590f82940e972e3ef061bdab9"
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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 1285 (2020) — Local electoral boards; office vacated if board member ceases to be qualified voter of county, etc.
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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.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0295)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0295)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1285ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1285ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1285E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1285E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1285)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1285)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100224D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1285)
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- **2020-01-27** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-31** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-05** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-02-05** Engrossed by House as amended HB1285E
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- **2020-02-05** Printed as engrossed 20100224D-E
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- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1285E)
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1285ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
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- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 295 (effective 7/1/20) `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/43553339-b654-4f35-b5fe-842a4d6b82c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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