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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections administration; reclassification of assistant registrars."
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description: "Elections administration; reclassification ofassistant registrars. Reclassifies assistant registrars as deputyregistrars."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 542"
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citation: "Virginia HB 542 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Amanda E. Batten"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/215eeda5-cef9-4a85-ab6b-60a81262b79f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB542"
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source_hash: "2ee32fc7ce0ec5e3852f189d90595c23e47eaa32ea11ab6c8319f709cb205965"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 542 (2022) — Elections administration; reclassification of assistant registrars.
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Elections administration; reclassification ofassistant registrars. Reclassifies assistant registrars as deputyregistrars.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0140** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0140)
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2. **HB542ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB542ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101190D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB542)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Amanda E. Batten — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101190D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB542)
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- **2022-02-07** Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-11** Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-01** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB542ER)
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 140 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/215eeda5-cef9-4a85-ab6b-60a81262b79f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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