republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1678.md

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Bill	Election day; extending polling hours from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., provisions.	Election day; extending polling hours. Extends from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. the time at which polls close on election day. The bill aligns candidate filing deadlines and party nomination deadlines with the closing of polls. The bill provides that these changes will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2021 Session of the General Assembly. The bill incorporates HB 1643.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1678	Virginia HB 1678 (2020)	bill		enacted	Joseph C. Lindsey	4	28	6	2020-01-17	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/44736ba8-25bf-4c1a-becb-8f92250557f7	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1678	5fe0551bd7a532b981783856b5006611b153cc629e983f4abfde01e6103825b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1678 (2020) — Election day; extending polling hours from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., provisions.

Election day; extending polling hours. Extends from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. the time at which polls close on election day. The bill aligns candidate filing deadlines and party nomination deadlines with the closing of polls. The bill provides that these changes will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2021 Session of the General Assembly. The bill incorporates HB 1643.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1678ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1678H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1678) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N) — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N) — 20–17 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 4-N) — 11–4 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N) — 64–35 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joseph C. Lindsey — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 20102034D introduction
• 2020-01-17 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Assigned P & E sub: Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (HB1678)
• 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20107627D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-07 Incorporates HB1643 (Ayala)
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107627D-H1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1678H1
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB1678H1)
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (65-Y 35-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-02-25 Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N) passage
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1678ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 720 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44736ba8-25bf-4c1a-becb-8f92250557f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).