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| Bill | Voting; restrictions on the basis of race. | Voting restrictions on the basis of race. Repeals several Acts of Assembly that implemented and enforced a state poll tax and provided for separate registration records on the basis of race. This bill is identical to HB 1086. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 555 | Virginia SB 555 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 555 (2020) — Voting; restrictions on the basis of race.
Voting restrictions on the basis of race. Repeals several Acts of Assembly that implemented and enforced a state poll tax and provided for separate registration records on the basis of race. This bill is identical to HB 1086.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0377) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB555ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB555) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102509D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2020-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB555)
- 2020-01-28 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-31 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (40-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: Elections
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 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 (SB555ER)
- 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
- 2020-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 377 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3af6a872-7da2-45b9-be27-2cca51556e27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).