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Bill Sample ballots; color of paper of unofficial sample ballots. Sample ballots; color of paper of unofficialsample ballots. Removes the restriction on unofficial sampleballots being printed on yellow paper. With this bill, unofficialsample ballots are prohibited only from being printed on white paper.The bill contains technical amendments for clarity and readability. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 146 Virginia HB 146 (2020)
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Virginia HB 146 (2020) — Sample ballots; color of paper of unofficial sample ballots.

Sample ballots; color of paper of unofficialsample ballots. Removes the restriction on unofficial sampleballots being printed on yellow paper. With this bill, unofficialsample ballots are prohibited only from being printed on white paper.The bill contains technical amendments for clarity and readability.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0283) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB146ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB146) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 1-N) — 131 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (32-Y 4-N) — 324 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Joseph C. Lindsey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100559D introduction
  • 2019-12-18 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2020-01-13 Assigned P & E sub: Gubernatorial Appointments referral-committee
  • 2020-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB146)
  • 2020-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-24 Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-28 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-01-29 Passed by for the day
  • 2020-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2020-02-18 Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 1-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 (32-Y 4-N) passage
  • 2020-02-26 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB146ER)
  • 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 283 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a83404f-26ee-49fc-af13-cb34a0e83e7e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).