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Bill	National Popular Vote Compact; enters Virginia into an interstate compact.	Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact. Enters Virginia into an interstate compact known as the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. Article II of the Constitution of the United States gives the states exclusive and plenary authority to decide the manner of awarding their electoral votes. Under the compact, Virginia agrees to award its electoral votes to the presidential ticket that receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The compact goes into effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes have joined the compact. A state may withdraw from the compact; however, a withdrawal occurring within six months of the end of a President's term shall not become effective until a President or Vice President has qualified to serve the next term. The bill also provides for the manner of appointing electors when such agreement does and does not govern the appointment of electors. This bill is identical to SB 322.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 965	Virginia HB 965 (2026)	bill		enacted	Marcia S. "Cia" Price	5	32	6	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/1beb1952-b80d-4897-81c7-e41663c5571d	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB965	80c06e2ea3961afbd847978f31cfd5fdc1ffe4e6af487c60bb4177ce1979b993	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 965 (2026) — National Popular Vote Compact; enters Virginia into an interstate compact.

Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact. Enters Virginia into an interstate compact known as the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. Article II of the Constitution of the United States gives the states exclusive and plenary authority to decide the manner of awarding their electoral votes. Under the compact, Virginia agrees to award its electoral votes to the presidential ticket that receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The compact goes into effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes have joined the compact. A state may withdraw from the compact; however, a withdrawal occurring within six months of the end of a President's term shall not become effective until a President or Vice President has qualified to serve the next term. The bill also provides for the manner of appointing electors when such agreement does and does not govern the appointment of electors. This bill is identical to SB 322.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Privileges and Elections Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Voting Rights Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 61–36 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections — 9–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
• Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100314D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB965)
• 2026-02-03 Assigned HPE sub: Voting Rights referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-06 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 3-N)
• 2026-02-06 House committee offered
• 2026-02-06 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-10 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-11 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-11 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 36-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB965)
• 2026-02-24 Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-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 by for the day
• 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-09 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB965ER) passage
• 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-09 Signed by President passage
• 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
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB965)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 715 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1beb1952-b80d-4897-81c7-e41663c5571d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).