republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-198.md

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Bill	Recounts; special election to be held in the case of a tie vote, exception.	Recounts; special election to be held in the case of a tie vote. Provides that if, after a recount of an election, the recount court finds that each party to the recount has received an equal number of votes, there shall be a special election to determine which candidate is elected to the office. This provision would not apply in cases of tie votes occurring after a recount of an election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General, which the Constitution of Virginia provides for, or for electors of President and Vice President of the United States, which will continue to be determined by lot. This bill incorporates HB 178 and HB 692.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 198	Virginia HB 198 (2020)	bill		enacted	Marcia S. "Cia" Price	5	37	7	2019-12-27	2020-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/45c3201c-3c41-4192-919c-657140ed696b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB198	4a93c1da701fa12ae4b6808dab871e750c6eb5e04bc94ba97b133cf0e46a6e77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 198 (2020) — Recounts; special election to be held in the case of a tie vote, exception.

Recounts; special election to be held in the case of a tie vote. Provides that if, after a recount of an election, the recount court finds that each party to the recount has received an equal number of votes, there shall be a special election to determine which candidate is elected to the office. This provision would not apply in cases of tie votes occurring after a recount of an election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General, which the Constitution of Virginia provides for, or for electors of President and Vice President of the United States, which will continue to be determined by lot. This bill incorporates HB 178 and HB 692.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0500) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB198ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB198H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB198) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (HB198S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — 54–44 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-N) — 51–45 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 15-N) — 22–15 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N) — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A) — 9–5 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-27 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101021D introduction
• 2019-12-27 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Assigned P & E sub: Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (HB198)
• 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20107626D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-07 Incorporates HB178 (Levine)
• 2020-02-07 Incorporates HB692 (Simonds)
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107626D-H1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB198H1
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB198H1)
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-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 with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2020-02-25 Committee substitute printed 20108255D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB198S1)
• 2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-28 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-28 Committee substitute agreed to 20108255D-S1
• 2020-02-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB198S1
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 15-N) passage
• 2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-02 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108255D-S1 (52-Y 45-N)
• 2020-03-02 VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-N)
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB198ER)
• 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
• 2020-03-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 500 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45c3201c-3c41-4192-919c-657140ed696b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).