republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-940.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections administration; change to location of polling place, additional notice requirement."
description: "Elections administration; change to location of polling place, additional notice requirement. Requires notice of a change in the location of a polling place to be posted, to the extent practicable, at the location last used for such polling place on the day of the first primary election and first general election conducted in the new location. This notice is required to include information on how voters may find their polling place."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 940"
citation: "Virginia HB 940 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irene Shin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66a59a04-45e8-431f-97d3-9bff5e010c9a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB940"
source_hash: "b6fa52fdc82fc35a1fde93c7e3db6565f8dfa7db13d19526022417149207de6a"
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 940 (2024) — Elections administration; change to location of polling place, additional notice requirement.

Elections administration; change to location of polling place, additional notice requirement. Requires notice of a change in the location of a polling place to be posted, to the extent practicable, at the location last used for such polling place on the day of the first primary election and first general election conducted in the new location. This notice is required to include information on how voters may find their polling place.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0461** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0461)
2. **HB940ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB940ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100668D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB940)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24100668D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB940E)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 20-N) — **75–20** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (66-Y 32-N) — **65–32** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irene Shin — primary (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100668D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB940)
- **2024-01-26** Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-02** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Engrossed by House as amended HB940E
- **2024-02-07** Printed as engrossed 24100668D-E
- **2024-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB940E)
- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Passage (66-Y 32-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Reading of amendment waived
- **2024-02-23** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2024-02-23** Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Senate amendment agreed to by House (76-Y 20-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 20-N)
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB940ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB940ER)
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 461 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0461)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66a59a04-45e8-431f-97d3-9bff5e010c9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).