republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-540.md

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Bill	Elections administration; Department of Elections to employ a Director of Operations.	Elections administration; Department of Elections; position of Director of Operations. Directs the Department of Elections to employ a Director of Operations, who will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations at the Department and ensuring (i) fulfillment of the Department's mission and responsibilities; (ii) compliance with state and federal election laws and regulations; and (iii) compliance with the Department's business, administrative, and financial policies. The bill provides that the Director of Operations position is a full-time classified position subject to the Virginia Personnel Act. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 540	Virginia HB 540 (2020)	bill		enacted	Betsy B. Carr	3	45	13	2020-01-05	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/e62747e7-4dd6-4a84-97f7-eccf6f57d6ce	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB540	34fb1e17af96cdfabc472fe9d3570d180ce7b538082d4208be05a52e2bf5b429	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 540 (2020) — Elections administration; Department of Elections to employ a Director of Operations.

Elections administration; Department of Elections; position of Director of Operations. Directs the Department of Elections to employ a Director of Operations, who will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations at the Department and ensuring (i) fulfillment of the Department's mission and responsibilities; (ii) compliance with state and federal election laws and regulations; and (iii) compliance with the Department's business, administrative, and financial policies. The bill provides that the Director of Operations position is a full-time classified position subject to the Virginia Personnel Act. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1087) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB540ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB540) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N) — 1–98 (fail) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (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 20102246D 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 (HB540)
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-31 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-27 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-02-27 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-27 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-02-27 Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-02 Senate amendment rejected by House (1-Y 99-N)
• 2020-03-02 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N)
• 2020-03-03 Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-03 Senate requested conference committee
• 2020-03-04 House acceded to request
• 2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB540ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1087 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e62747e7-4dd6-4a84-97f7-eccf6f57d6ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).