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| Bill | Primaries; abstract of votes, law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded. | Elections; conduct of primaries; abstract of votes; law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded. Removes the requirement that if the abstract of votes is not received by the State Board of Elections from any county or city within six days after any state primary election, the State Board shall dispatch a law-enforcement officer to obtain it. The bill removes a conflict with an existing provision that requires the State Board to dispatch law-enforcement when the abstract of votes is not received within 10 days after any election. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1321 | Virginia HB 1321 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1321 (2026) — Primaries; abstract of votes, law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded.
Elections; conduct of primaries; abstract of votes; law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded. Removes the requirement that if the abstract of votes is not received by the State Board of Elections from any county or city within six days after any state primary election, the State Board shall dispatch a law-enforcement officer to obtain it. The bill removes a conflict with an existing provision that requires the State Board to dispatch law-enforcement when the abstract of votes is not received within 10 days after any election.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passage R — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — 21–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 89–8 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bonita G. Anthony — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 26104870D
introduction - 2026-01-16 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-01-25 Assigned HPE sub: Election Administration
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-30 Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1321)
- 2026-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-02 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (89-Y 8-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-26 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1321ER)
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1321)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 776 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88d051c4-4257-4cd9-93ad-ac743bc7909e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).