republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1148.md

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Bill	Elections; date of June primary election.	Elections; date of June primary election.Changes the date of the primary election held in June from the secondTuesday in June to the third Tuesday in June. The bill also changescandidate filing deadlines to reflect the change of date. The billsatisfies the reenactment requirement of Chapter 1253 of the Actsof Assembly of 2020.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1148	Virginia SB 1148 (2021)	bill		enacted	Jennifer A. Kiggans	3	27	7	2021-01-06	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/db6da267-85e4-4f59-93ee-220682ac8e4e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1148	f64787f19ce61f6ffa0463d71a478999180b35ab34d20d6637c7368c784d4984	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1148 (2021) — Elections; date of June primary election.

Elections; date of June primary election.Changes the date of the primary election held in June from the secondTuesday in June to the third Tuesday in June. The bill also changescandidate filing deadlines to reflect the change of date. The billsatisfies the reenactment requirement of Chapter 1253 of the Actsof Assembly of 2020.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0239 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101028D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB1148ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) — 27–12 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N) — 25–14 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 2-N) — 10–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (82-Y 18-N) — 81–18 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (16-Y 5-N) — 16–5 (pass) · lower
• Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Jennifer A. Kiggans — primary (person)
• Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101028D introduction
• 2021-01-06 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB1148)
• 2021-01-26 Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-29 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections
• 2021-02-17 Reported from Privileges and Elections (16-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-22 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-22 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-02-22 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2021-02-22 Passed House with amendment (82-Y 18-N) passage
• 2021-02-22 VOTE: Passage (82-Y 18-N)
• 2021-02-23 House amendment agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N)
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled
• 2021-02-25 Signed by President
• 2021-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB1148ER)
• 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 239 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db6da267-85e4-4f59-93ee-220682ac8e4e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).