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type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly; special election to fill certain vacancies, deadline for parties to nominate."
description: "Special election to fill certain vacancies in the General Assembly; deadline for parties to nominate. Requires parties to nominate candidates for any special election to fill a vacancy in the General Assembly occurring between December 10 and March 1 within seven days of any writ of election or order calling such special election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1528"
citation: "Virginia HB 1528 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett McGuire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a44b61d1-28b0-470c-aa2c-11207ac2cecb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1528"
source_hash: "86a7d3721fce80e462d004e69a8f97422e14fbd602e9d522865a861869f8f4a6"
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 1528 (2026) — General Assembly; special election to fill certain vacancies, deadline for parties to nominate.
Special election to fill certain vacancies in the General Assembly; deadline for parties to nominate. Requires parties to nominate candidates for any special election to fill a vacancy in the General Assembly occurring between December 10 and March 1 within seven days of any writ of election or order calling such special election.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103959.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218157.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209148.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **210** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Garrett McGuire — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-30** Presented and ordered printed 26106000D `introduction`
- **2026-01-30** Unanimous consent to introduce `introduction`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1528)
- **2026-02-13** Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-05** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1528ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1528)
- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 477 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0477)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a44b61d1-28b0-470c-aa2c-11207ac2cecb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).