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| Bill | Local government; elections, single-member districts required. | Election of certain governing bodies; single-member districts required. Requires every locality with a population of 400,000 or greater to elect the members of its governing body from single-member districts. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1483 | Virginia HB 1483 (2026) |
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2 | 26 | 7 | 2026-01-23 | 2026-04-13 | openstates | ocd-bill/66eebd32-e397-4e58-8be1-c83043fce5a8 | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1483 | 0f519e3652555666ebb2c203bc05f8883367bef86a8747acc455b8ab198c895f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia HB 1483 (2026) — Local government; elections, single-member districts required.
Election of certain governing bodies; single-member districts required. Requires every locality with a population of 400,000 or greater to elect the members of its governing body from single-member districts.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Local Government — 8–6 (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Privileges and Elections — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 64–32 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 26–13 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–2 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — 14–7 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26105530D
introduction - 2026-01-23 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1483)
- 2026-02-06 Assigned HPE sub: Election Administration
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 2026-02-13 Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-15 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (65-Y 32-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Rereferred from Privileges and Elections to Local Government (14-Y 0-N)
referral-committee - 2026-03-02 Reported from Local Government (8-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 Passed Senate (26-Y 13-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1483ER)
passage - 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1483)
- 2026-03-11 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 862 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66eebd32-e397-4e58-8be1-c83043fce5a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).