republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-109.md

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Bill	Candidates; declaration of candidacy for primary.	Elections; candidates for office; conduct of primaries; declaration of candidacy. Provides that the declaration of candidacy include a statement that if the signer's name appears on the primary ballot and he is not nominated then his name is not to be printed on the ballots for that office in the succeeding general election. This bill is identical to HB 90.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 109	Virginia SB 109 (2024)	bill		enacted	David R. Suetterlein	4	40	9	2024-01-03	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/54cd09dc-0a47-4ced-9268-17f706033b7a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB109	94c4522209552a35afe37d7acff7c8b26c0b969a20f30220d7ad0ee57af43104	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 109 (2024) — Candidates; declaration of candidacy for primary.

Elections; candidates for office; conduct of primaries; declaration of candidacy. Provides that the declaration of candidacy include a statement that if the signer's name appears on the primary ballot and he is not nominated then his name is not to be printed on the ballots for that office in the succeeding general election. This bill is identical to HB 90.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0264 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107832D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103905D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB109ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• House substitute rejected by Senate (19-Y 20-N) — 19–20 (fail) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (87-Y 8-N) — 86–8 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (17-Y 4-N) — 17–4 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) — 30–10 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N) — 88–11 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) — 38–2 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (37-Y 2-N) — 37–2 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103905D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-03 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB109)
• 2024-01-16 Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-19 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-22 Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (17-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-16 Committee substitute printed 24107832D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB109H1)
• 2024-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 24107832D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB109H1 substitution
• 2024-02-21 Passed House with substitute (89-Y 11-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N) passage
• 2024-02-23 House substitute rejected by Senate (19-Y 20-N)
• 2024-02-26 House insisted on substitute substitution
• 2024-02-26 House requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Senate acceded to request (37-Y 2-N)
• 2024-02-28 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2024-02-28 Senators: VanValkenburg, Perry, Suetterlein
• 2024-02-29 Conferees appointed by House
• 2024-02-29 Delegates: Reid, LeVere Bolling, McNamara
• 2024-03-04 Amended by conference committee
• 2024-03-04 Conference report agreed to by House (87-Y 8-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-04 VOTE: Adoption (87-Y 8-N)
• 2024-03-05 Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB109ER) passage
• 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB109ER)
• 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-09 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 264 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0264)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54cd09dc-0a47-4ced-9268-17f706033b7a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).