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Bill

Elections, State Board of; increasing membership, staggering terms, role and eligibility, report.

State Board of Elections; increasing membership ; Commissioner of Elections; role and eligibility; report. Increases the membership of the State Board of Elections from three members to five members. Representation is given to each of the political parties having the highest and next highest number of votes in the Commonwealth at the preceding gubernatorial election, with three Board members being of the party of the Governor. Terms are initially staggered. The bill provides that a Commissioner of Elections, who acts as the principal administrative officer of the Department of Elections, shall be appointed by the Governor. Persons engaging in certain partisan activities, persons related to persons engaging in certain partisan activities, and persons related to members of the State Board are prohibited from serving as the Commissioner of Elections. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021. This bill is identical to HB 236.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 856

Virginia SB 856 (2020)

bill

enacted

Adam P. Ebbin

2020-01-08

2020-04-02

openstates

ocd-bill/67b25c0e-814c-4cbb-81ec-113bf2434a31

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB856

112f2bd5602955279e2b4401b3b4049a39efa73d6ba29f6c26b792a04d5faac9

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

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us-va

Virginia SB 856 (2020) — Elections, State Board of; increasing membership, staggering terms, role and eligibility, report.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB856ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB856E (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB856) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (11-Y 2-N) — 11–2 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) — 34–6 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N) — 90–7 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
Reported from Privileges and Elections (18-Y 2-N) — 18–2 (pass) · lower

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103597D introduction
2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
2020-01-08 Introduced bill reprinted 20103597D
2020-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB856)
2020-01-28 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (11-Y 2-N) committee-passage
2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31 Read second time reading-2
2020-01-31 Reading of amendments waived
2020-01-31 Committee amendments agreed to
2020-01-31 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB856E
2020-01-31 Printed as engrossed 20103597D-E
2020-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB856E)
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: Constitutional Amendments referral-committee
2020-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2020-02-21 Reported from Privileges and Elections (18-Y 2-N) committee-passage
2020-02-21 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
2020-02-24 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government referral-committee
2020-02-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
2020-03-04 Passed House (91-Y 7-N) passage
2020-03-04 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N)
2020-03-07 Enrolled
2020-03-07 Signed by President
2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB856ER)
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
2020-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 619 (effective 1/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/67b25c0e-814c-4cbb-81ec-113bf2434a31. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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