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| Bill | Candidate petitions; residency of petition circulators, signed statement required for nonresident. | Candidate petitions; residency of petition circulators; signed statement required for nonresident circulators. Removesthe requirement that a person circulating a petition of qualifiedvoters be a legal resident of the Commonwealth. The bill requiresa nonresident petition circulator to sign a statement on the affidavitaccompanying the petition that he consents to the jurisdiction ofthe courts of Virginia in resolving any disputes concerning the circulationof petitions, or signatures contained therein, by that person. Thesignatures of qualified voters collected by a nonresident petitioncirculator who fails to sign such statement, or who later fails toappear or produce documents when properly served with a subpoena todo so, shall not be counted towards the minimum number of signaturesrequired by law. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 214 | Virginia HB 214 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 214 (2020) — Candidate petitions; residency of petition circulators, signed statement required for nonresident.
Candidate petitions; residency of petition circulators; signed statement required for nonresident circulators. Removesthe requirement that a person circulating a petition of qualifiedvoters be a legal resident of the Commonwealth. The bill requiresa nonresident petition circulator to sign a statement on the affidavitaccompanying the petition that he consents to the jurisdiction ofthe courts of Virginia in resolving any disputes concerning the circulationof petitions, or signatures contained therein, by that person. Thesignatures of qualified voters collected by a nonresident petitioncirculator who fails to sign such statement, or who later fails toappear or produce documents when properly served with a subpoena todo so, shall not be counted towards the minimum number of signaturesrequired by law.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0501) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB214ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB214) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- Defeated by Senate (17-Y 17-N) — 17–17 (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N) — 4–1 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N) — 55–43 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) — 21–16 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-27 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100434D
introduction - 2019-12-27 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2020-01-13 Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance
referral-committee - 2020-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB214)
- 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)
- 2020-01-31 Reported from Privileges and Elections (16-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (56-Y 43-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N)
- 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2020-02-25 Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-28 Defeated by Senate (17-Y 17-N)
- 2020-02-28 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (21-Y 16-N)
passage - 2020-03-05 Enrolled
- 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB214ER)
- 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 501 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/065caf8a-584f-4aaa-8a5f-f5c8f6a6d519. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).