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type: "Bill"
title: "Candidates for office; petition of qualified voters, start date."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Virginia SB 165 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-07"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75a80e14-5f99-4bb6-976a-1f165d9aebf9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB165"
source_hash: "69f65df7472a92170bc42f25411c72062aa33a2a2c6e0a876d1af51d30831093"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0498)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100110D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB165)
3. **SB165ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB165ER)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75a80e14-5f99-4bb6-976a-1f165d9aebf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).