republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-927.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voting systems; reporting absentee results by precinct, definitions."
description: "Elections; voting systems; reporting absentee results by precinct. Includes in the definition of \"voting system\" on-demand ballot printing systems and ballot marking devices used to manufacture or mark ballots to be cast by voters on electronic voting and counting machines. The bill also requires general registrars to report to the Department of Elections the number and results of absentee ballots cast by voters assigned to each precinct in the registrar's locality. The Department is directed by the bill to establish standards for ascertaining and reporting such information. This bill is identical to SB 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 927"
citation: "Virginia HB 927 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roxann L. Robinson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f7355a2-4384-4b51-ba9c-69c62e2bf8b6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB927"
source_hash: "8b8739071cbf7e1fd94eea875f92db66f507f7a2268e37adee79cd43d2903dcb"
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 HB 927 (2022) — Voting systems; reporting absentee results by precinct, definitions.

Elections; voting systems; reporting absentee results by precinct. Includes in the definition of "voting system" on-demand ballot printing systems and ballot marking devices used to manufacture or mark ballots to be cast by voters on electronic voting and counting machines. The bill also requires general registrars to report to the Department of Elections the number and results of absentee ballots cast by voters assigned to each precinct in the registrar's locality. The Department is directed by the bill to establish standards for ascertaining and reporting such information. This bill is identical to SB 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0125)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22107263D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB927S1)
3. **HB927ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB927ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101352D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB927)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101352D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB927)
- **2022-02-03** Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2022-02-04** Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-11** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Committee substitute printed 22107263D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB927S1)
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-03** Committee substitute agreed to 22107263D-S1
- **2022-03-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB927S1
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107263D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB927ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 125 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f7355a2-4384-4b51-ba9c-69c62e2bf8b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).