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Bill Election recounts; reorganization of sections, technical amendments. Election recounts; reorganization of sections;technical amendments. Reorganizes sections related to election recounts. The bill makes technical amendments and is a recommendationof the Code Commission. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 444 Virginia SB 444 (2020)
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Virginia SB 444 (2020) — Election recounts; reorganization of sections, technical amendments.

Election recounts; reorganization of sections;technical amendments. Reorganizes sections related to election recounts. The bill makes technical amendments and is a recommendationof the Code Commission.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0886) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB444ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (SB444) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 0-N) — 200 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (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 (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower

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 20100033D introduction
  • 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB444)
  • 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 (SB444ER)
  • 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
  • 2020-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 886 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71d8d1bd-ecb0-4219-a35f-0e68cde67543. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).