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type: "Bill"
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title: "President and Vice President; binding of electors, filling vacancies."
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description: "Electors for President and Vice President; bindingof electors; vacancies. Provides that an elector who is selectedby the state convention of any political party and who, at the conveningof the electors after the election, refuses to present a ballot,presents an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violationof his oath stating that he would, if elected, cast his ballot forthe candidates for President and Vice President nominated by theparty that selected the elector, or as the party may direct in theevent of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of the party nominee,is deemed to vacate the office of elector. The bill provides thatthe other electors present shall immediately fill such vacancy inthe same manner as a vacancy due to an elector's death or failureor inability to attend. The bill applies the same provisions to electorswho are named in a petition of qualified voters not constitutinga political party. The bill contains technical amendments that consolidateinto a single chapter the provisions of Title 24.2 relating to presidentialelectors."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 111"
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citation: "Virginia HB 111 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-01-01"
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last_action: "2024-04-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71abae7f-a25a-49cd-a3fa-b3a9d4a665df"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB111"
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source_hash: "902a943e4d99c08ae432457a6743238472f2754cec88169e915beba35b8c8591"
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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 111 (2024) — President and Vice President; binding of electors, filling vacancies.
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Electors for President and Vice President; bindingof electors; vacancies. Provides that an elector who is selectedby the state convention of any political party and who, at the conveningof the electors after the election, refuses to present a ballot,presents an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violationof his oath stating that he would, if elected, cast his ballot forthe candidates for President and Vice President nominated by theparty that selected the elector, or as the party may direct in theevent of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of the party nominee,is deemed to vacate the office of elector. The bill provides thatthe other electors present shall immediately fill such vacancy inthe same manner as a vacancy due to an elector's death or failureor inability to attend. The bill applies the same provisions to electorswho are named in a petition of qualified voters not constitutinga political party. The bill contains technical amendments that consolidateinto a single chapter the provisions of Title 24.2 relating to presidentialelectors.
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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. **CHAP0801** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0801)
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2. **HB111ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB111ER)
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3. **HB111ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB111ER2)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101053D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB111)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (32-Y 6-N) — **32–6** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101053D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-01** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB111)
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- **2024-01-28** Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-02** Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-20** Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-23** Passed Senate (32-Y 6-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB111ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB111ER)
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- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-05** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-04-17** BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (HB111ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 801 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
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- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0801)
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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/71abae7f-a25a-49cd-a3fa-b3a9d4a665df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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