republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-236.md

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Bill	Elections, State Board of; increasing membership and terms, role and eligibility, report.	State Board of Elections; increasing membershipand terms; Commissioner of Elections; role and eligibility; report. Increases the membership of the State Board of Elections from threemembers to five members and increases the terms of Board membersfrom four years to five years. Representation is given to each ofthe political parties having the highest and next highest numberof votes in the Commonwealth at the preceding gubernatorial election,with three Board members being of the party of the Governor. Termsare initially staggered. The bill provides that a Commissioner ofElections, who acts as the principal administrative officer of the Department of Elections, shall be appointed by the Governor. Personsengaging in certain partisan activities, persons related to persons engaging in certain partisan activities, and persons related to membersof the State Board are prohibited from serving as the Commissionerof Elections.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 236	Virginia HB 236 (2020)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Sickles	4	28	6	2019-12-30	2020-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/62f4c904-2c9f-48f6-95a7-b3f2165a2531	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB236	40239f730f41c8ac6514fde001d7c2b2bfaa6d9f126b1a2158dfa8608efc9099	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 236 (2020) — Elections, State Board of; increasing membership and terms, role and eligibility, report.

State Board of Elections; increasing membershipand terms; Commissioner of Elections; role and eligibility; report. Increases the membership of the State Board of Elections from threemembers to five members and increases the terms of Board membersfrom four years to five years. Representation is given to each ofthe political parties having the highest and next highest numberof votes in the Commonwealth at the preceding gubernatorial election,with three Board members being of the party of the Governor. Termsare initially staggered. The bill provides that a Commissioner ofElections, who acts as the principal administrative officer of the Department of Elections, shall be appointed by the Governor. Personsengaging in certain partisan activities, persons related to persons engaging in certain partisan activities, and persons related to membersof the State Board are prohibited from serving as the Commissionerof Elections.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0353) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB236ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB236E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB236) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (17-Y 4-N) — 17–4 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (79-Y 18-N) — 78–18 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (34-Y 4-N) — 34–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100375D introduction
• 2019-12-30 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB236)
• 2020-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (17-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-05 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House as amended HB236E
• 2020-02-05 Printed as engrossed 20100375D-E
• 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB236E)
• 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (79-Y 18-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (79-Y 18-N)
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-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 (34-Y 4-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB236ER)
• 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
• 2020-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 353 (effective 1/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62f4c904-2c9f-48f6-95a7-b3f2165a2531. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).