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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Candidates; declaration of candidacy for primary."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 90"
citation: "Virginia HB 90 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph P. McNamara"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-12-28"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b15037e-de36-440b-a703-b220ede5e6cf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB90"
source_hash: "ccc9d565dfbded71922e1a4ae613cce161882697cb2f5d039f8a52a100a2e7ca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0169)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24108133D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB90S1)
3. **HB90ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB90ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101581D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB90)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b15037e-de36-440b-a703-b220ede5e6cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).