republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-179.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Recounts; procedure for certain ballots.	Recounts; procedure for certain ballots.Requires recount officials to segregate all ballots for which thereis a question regarding the ballot's validity prior to the conclusionof the recount of each precinct. The bill provides that the recountcourt may not consider the validity of any ballots not set asideprior to the conclusion of the recount of each precinct.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 179	Virginia HB 179 (2020)	bill		enacted	Mark H. Levine	3	23	6	2019-12-26	2020-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a3d8e681-7440-4213-bbb8-ad7749cb354f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB179	757399adb5330ad5200e11b6f58118674083b29a642b4f8b4c8e9c44d392a8d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 179 (2020) — Recounts; procedure for certain ballots.

Recounts; procedure for certain ballots.Requires recount officials to segregate all ballots for which thereis a question regarding the ballot's validity prior to the conclusionof the recount of each precinct. The bill provides that the recountcourt may not consider the validity of any ballots not set asideprior to the conclusion of the recount of each precinct.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0284) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB179ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB179) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 0-N 2-A) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark H. Levine — primary (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-26 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101013D introduction
• 2019-12-26 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Assigned P & E sub: Elections referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB179)
• 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 0-N 2-A) 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 (36-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB179ER)
• 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 284 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3d8e681-7440-4213-bbb8-ad7749cb354f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).