republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-940.md

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Bill	Elections administration; change to location of polling place, additional notice requirement.	Elections administration; change to location of polling place, additional notice requirement. Requires notice of a change in the location of a polling place to be posted, to the extent practicable, at the location last used for such polling place on the day of the first primary election and first general election conducted in the new location. This notice is required to include information on how voters may find their polling place.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 940	Virginia HB 940 (2024)	bill		enacted	Irene Shin	4	35	7	2024-01-09	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/66a59a04-45e8-431f-97d3-9bff5e010c9a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB940	b6fa52fdc82fc35a1fde93c7e3db6565f8dfa7db13d19526022417149207de6a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 940 (2024) — Elections administration; change to location of polling place, additional notice requirement.

Elections administration; change to location of polling place, additional notice requirement. Requires notice of a change in the location of a polling place to be posted, to the extent practicable, at the location last used for such polling place on the day of the first primary election and first general election conducted in the new location. This notice is required to include information on how voters may find their polling place.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0461 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB940ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100668D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24100668D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 20-N) — 75–20 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (66-Y 32-N) — 65–32 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Irene Shin — primary (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100668D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB940)
• 2024-01-26 Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-07 Engrossed by House as amended HB940E
• 2024-02-07 Printed as engrossed 24100668D-E
• 2024-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB940E)
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Passage (66-Y 32-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-23 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-02-23 Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Senate amendment agreed to by House (76-Y 20-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-02-27 VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 20-N)
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB940ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB940ER)
• 2024-03-04 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
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 461 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0461)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66a59a04-45e8-431f-97d3-9bff5e010c9a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).