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type: "Bill"
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title: "Candidates; petition signature requirements in certain towns."
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description: "Requires petitions for candidates for the governing body or elected school board of towns to contain a minimum of (i) 125 signatures of qualified voters in towns with more than 3,500 registered voters and (ii) 50 signatures of qualified voters in towns with at least 1,500 but not more than 3,500 registered voters. No candidate petition is required for local offices in towns with fewer than 1,500 registered voters."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2397"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2397 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-18"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d51f759-6306-4631-9bb6-ba5e49436ffc"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2397"
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source_hash: "5d450bc72bc08ada92d159dc732e9ea3dff0ec63463798f8a125a597a8d321f6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2397 (2017) — Candidates; petition signature requirements in certain towns.
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Requires petitions for candidates for the governing body or elected school board of towns to contain a minimum of (i) 125 signatures of qualified voters in towns with more than 3,500 registered voters and (ii) 50 signatures of qualified voters in towns with at least 1,500 but not more than 3,500 registered voters. No candidate petition is required for local offices in towns with fewer than 1,500 registered voters.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0355)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0355)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2397ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2397ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104786D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2397H1)
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4. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17104102D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2397)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
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- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 17104102D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-18** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-22** Assigned P & E sub: Campaigns `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 17104786D-H1
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- **2017-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2397H1
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- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 355 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d51f759-6306-4631-9bb6-ba5e49436ffc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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