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type: "Bill"
title: "Provisional voting; reorganization of sections, technical amendments."
description: "Provisional voting; reorganization of sections;technical amendments. Reorganizes sections related to provisionalvoting and makes related technical amendments. This bill is a recommendationof the Virginia Code Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 443"
citation: "Virginia SB 443 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2a9b4ed-1415-49b8-a97a-ffb27e03f4a0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB443"
source_hash: "863b4738e1698ea271f9cf21b4f85f903961907e980ff0c8445044f916fc7fa3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 443 (2020) — Provisional voting; reorganization of sections, technical amendments.
Provisional voting; reorganization of sections;technical amendments. Reorganizes sections related to provisionalvoting and makes related technical amendments. This bill is a recommendationof the Virginia Code Commission.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0735)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB443ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB443ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB443)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB443)
## Votes
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **60** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100022D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB443)
- **2020-01-21** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Assigned P & E sub: Gubernatorial Appointments `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB443ER)
- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-04** 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
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 735 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2a9b4ed-1415-49b8-a97a-ffb27e03f4a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).