republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-165.md

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Bill	Candidates for office; petition of qualified voters, start date.	Elections; candidates for office; petition ofqualified voters; start date. Clarifies the date from which validsignatures for petitions of qualified voters can be collected forpersons seeking to become candidates in certain elections.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 165	Virginia SB 165 (2024)	bill		enacted	Bryce E. Reeves	3	26	6	2024-01-07	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/75a80e14-5f99-4bb6-976a-1f165d9aebf9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB165	69f65df7472a92170bc42f25411c72062aa33a2a2c6e0a876d1af51d30831093	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 165 (2024) — Candidates for office; petition of qualified voters, start date.

Elections; candidates for office; petition ofqualified voters; start date. Clarifies the date from which validsignatures for petitions of qualified voters can be collected forpersons seeking to become candidates in certain elections.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0498 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100110D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB165ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100110D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB165)
• 2024-01-16 Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-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 (40-Y 0-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
• 2024-02-18 Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB165ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB165ER)
• 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
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 498 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75a80e14-5f99-4bb6-976a-1f165d9aebf9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).