republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-316.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; date of June primary election."
description: "Elections; date of June primary election. Changes the date of the primary election held in June from the second Tuesday in June to the third Tuesday in June. The bill also changes candidate filing deadlines to reflect the change of date. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2021 Session of the General Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 316"
citation: "Virginia SB 316 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer A. Kiggans"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-05"
last_action: "2020-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91a7730d-941a-466d-a9cb-208c16131ec3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB316"
source_hash: "7941b195dd44224eb483ea491b8d8a99e4ac986cbae58c5330cf159bf72f3b9d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 316 (2020) — Elections; date of June primary election.

Elections; date of June primary election. Changes the date of the primary election held in June from the second Tuesday in June to the third Tuesday in June. The bill also changes candidate filing deadlines to reflect the change of date. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2021 Session of the General Assembly.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1253)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1253)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB316ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB316ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB316)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB316)
4. **Reenrolled bill text (SB316ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB316ER2)

## Votes

- VOTE: (63-Y 30-N) — **62–30** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (72-Y 24-N) — **71–24** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (24-Y 16-N) — **24–16** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 5-N) — **15–5** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — **24–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennifer A. Kiggans — primary (person)
- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103661D `introduction`
- **2020-01-05** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB316)
- **2020-01-21** Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Passed by for the day
- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Assigned P & E sub: Gubernatorial Appointments `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
- **2020-02-25** Rereferred to Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed House (72-Y 24-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Passage (72-Y 24-N)
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB316ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (24-Y 16-N)
- **2020-04-22** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (63-Y 30-N)
- **2020-04-22** VOTE: (63-Y 30-N)
- **2020-04-22** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled bill text (SB316ER2)
- **2020-04-22** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Enacted, Chapter 1253 (effective - see bill) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91a7730d-941a-466d-a9cb-208c16131ec3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).