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| Bill | Polling places; location requirements, waiver in certain circumstances. | Polling places; location requirements; waiver in certain circumstances. Provides that in the event that there is no suitable building that could be used for a polling place within a precinct or within one mile of the precinct boundary, the general registrar or the governing body of the locality may request from the Department of Elections a waiver to establish a polling place that does not meet the location requirements. The bill provides that the Department shall grant such a waiver and may impose any conditions on the waiver that it deems necessary or appropriate to ensure accessibility and security of the polling place and compliance with any other requirements of state or federal law. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 195 | Virginia HB 195 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 195 (2022) — Polling places; location requirements, waiver in certain circumstances.
Polling places; location requirements; waiver in certain circumstances. Provides that in the event that there is no suitable building that could be used for a polling place within a precinct or within one mile of the precinct boundary, the general registrar or the governing body of the locality may request from the Department of Elections a waiver to establish a polling place that does not meet the location requirements. The bill provides that the Department shall grant such a waiver and may impose any conditions on the waiver that it deems necessary or appropriate to ensure accessibility and security of the polling place and compliance with any other requirements of state or federal law.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0005 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22106358D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB195ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101098D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 1-N) — 20–1 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N) — 85–13 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 8-N) — 91–8 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Margaret B. Ransone — primary (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101098D
introduction - 2022-01-10 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2022-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB195)
- 2022-01-21 Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2022-01-25 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-01-26 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2022-01-27 Read third time and passed House (86-Y 13-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-01-27 VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N)
- 2022-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-01-28 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2022-02-08 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-08 Committee substitute printed 22106358D-S1
substitution - 2022-02-09 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB195S1)
- 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-11 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
- 2022-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 22106358D-S1
- 2022-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB195S1
- 2022-02-11 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-15 Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106358D-S1 (92-Y 8-N)
- 2022-02-15 VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 8-N)
- 2022-02-16 Enrolled
- 2022-02-16 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-02-16 Signed by President
- 2022-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB195ER)
- 2022-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 17, 2022
- 2022-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 24, 2022
- 2022-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e2284dc-d57d-4a85-bf8b-418450ba6ef6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).