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| Bill | Elections, State Board of; activities related to supervision of local electoral boards & registrars. | State Board of Elections; activities relatedto the supervision of local electoral boards and general registrars.Requires that the State Board of Elections' supervision of the workof the local electoral boards and general registrars ensure thatmajor risks to election integrity are identified and assessed andaddressed as necessary to promote election uniformity, legality,and purity. The bill authorizes the State Board to develop and implementa certification program for general registrars to ensure that thegeneral registrars are sufficiently trained to effectively administerelections. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint LegislativeAudit and Review Commission. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 539 | Virginia HB 539 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 539 (2020) — Elections, State Board of; activities related to supervision of local electoral boards & registrars.
State Board of Elections; activities relatedto the supervision of local electoral boards and general registrars.Requires that the State Board of Elections' supervision of the workof the local electoral boards and general registrars ensure thatmajor risks to election integrity are identified and assessed andaddressed as necessary to promote election uniformity, legality,and purity. The bill authorizes the State Board to develop and implementa certification program for general registrars to ensure that thegeneral registrars are sufficiently trained to effectively administerelections. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint LegislativeAudit and Review Commission.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0291) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB539ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB539E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB539) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102244D
introduction - 2020-01-05 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2020-01-13 Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
referral-committee - 2020-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB539)
- 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-31 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-05 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-05 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House as amended HB539E
- 2020-02-05 Printed as engrossed 20102244D-E
- 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB539E)
- 2020-02-18 Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-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 (38-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-26 Enrolled
- 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB539ER)
- 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 291 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3fb2863c-ee5f-4a29-ab56-aa2f361d2265. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).