republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-90.md

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Bill	Candidates; declaration of candidacy for primary.	Elections; candidates for office; conduct ofprimaries; declaration of candidacy. Requires a candidate fornomination by primary to file a written declaration of candidacyincluding a statement that his name shall not be printed on the ballotsfor that office in the succeeding general election if the candidatewithdraws from or is defeated in the primary. Under current law,only candidates who are defeated in a primary election are subjectto such restriction.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 90	Virginia HB 90 (2024)	bill		enacted	Joseph P. McNamara	4	37	9	2023-12-28	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/5b15037e-de36-440b-a703-b220ede5e6cf	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB90	ccc9d565dfbded71922e1a4ae613cce161882697cb2f5d039f8a52a100a2e7ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 90 (2024) — Candidates; declaration of candidacy for primary.

Elections; candidates for office; conduct ofprimaries; declaration of candidacy. Requires a candidate fornomination by primary to file a written declaration of candidacyincluding a statement that his name shall not be printed on the ballotsfor that office in the succeeding general election if the candidatewithdraws from or is defeated in the primary. Under current law,only candidates who are defeated in a primary election are subjectto such restriction.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0169 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24108133D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB90ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101581D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N) — 82–16 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• Defeated by Senate (18-Y 21-N) — 18–21 (fail) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N) — 35–5 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 8-N) — 89–8 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (18-Y 3-N) — 18–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joseph P. McNamara — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-28 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101581D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-28 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB90)
• 2024-02-02 Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Privileges and Elections (18-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 16-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Committee substitute printed 24108133D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-21 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB90S1)
• 2024-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-23 Committee substitute agreed to 24108133D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-23 Defeated by Senate (18-Y 21-N)
• 2024-02-23 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Passed by for the day
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB90S1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108133D-S1 (90-Y 8-N) substitution
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 8-N)
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB90ER) passage
• 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB90ER)
• 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 169 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0169)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b15037e-de36-440b-a703-b220ede5e6cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).