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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electoral boards, local; terms to begin January 1."
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description: "Local electoral boards; terms to begin January 1. Provides for terms of local electoral board members to begin on January 1. If the results of an election have not been certified by the board or a recount of an election has not concluded, the term will expire at midnight on the day the results are certified or the recount is concluded, instead of December 31. Under current law, terms begin March 1."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 237"
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citation: "Virginia HB 237 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Sickles"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-12-30"
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last_action: "2020-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaadf2b9-bbac-40f7-9a3a-00c3dfe7e442"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB237"
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source_hash: "e6d98edce169143abdaaae29c71305f5e994d3efb23e325ccf8fddf609e4a093"
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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 237 (2020) — Electoral boards, local; terms to begin January 1.
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Local electoral boards; terms to begin January 1. Provides for terms of local electoral board members to begin on January 1. If the results of an election have not been certified by the board or a recount of an election has not concluded, the term will expire at midnight on the day the results are certified or the recount is concluded, instead of December 31. Under current law, terms begin March 1.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0287)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0287)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB237ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB237ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB237E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB237E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB237)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB237)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
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- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101266D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-30** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Assigned P & E sub: Gubernatorial Appointments `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB237)
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- **2020-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-31** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-31** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-05** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-02-05** Engrossed by House as amended HB237E
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- **2020-02-05** Printed as engrossed 20101266D-E
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- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB237E)
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB237ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
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- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 287 (effective 7/1/20) `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/eaadf2b9-bbac-40f7-9a3a-00c3dfe7e442`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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