HJ443
Consolidation and scheduling of general elections; joint subcommittee to study.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 12, 2025
House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ443ER)
Chief Patron:
Shelly Simonds (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Study; joint subcommittee to study the consolidation and scheduling of general elections in Virginia; report.
Creates a two-year legislative study on the consolidation and scheduling of general elections in Virginia. A 13-member joint subcommittee is established, consisting of eight members of the General Assembly, four nonlegislative citizen members, and one ex officio member, and is tasked with weighing the potential and probable effects of moving ... (More) some or all of Virginia's state or local elections to even-numbered years in order to coincide with the federal election schedule. Any recommendations by the joint subcommittee to consolidate or reschedule Virginia's general elections must include recommendations for any amendments to the Constitution of Virginia and the Code of Virginia needed to effectuate the shift. The joint subcommittee is given two years to complete its study, with its final report due no later than the first day of the 2027 Regular Session of the General Assembly. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101532D
- 01/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/28/2025 - House: Placed on Rules Agenda
- 01/29/2025 - House: Reported from Rules (11-Y 4-N)
- 01/30/2025 - House: Placed on House Calendar for Jan 31, 2025
- 02/03/2025 - House: Taken up
- 02/03/2025 - House: Engrossed by House
- 02/03/2025 - House: Agreed to by House (50-Y 46-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Reported from Rules with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (Voice Vote)
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25107699D-S1
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Rules Amendments rejected
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Agreed to by Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/20/2025 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/20/2025 - House: House acceded to request
- 02/20/2025 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/20/2025 - House: Delegates: Simonds, Helmer, Kilgore
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senators: Surovell, Hashmi, Stuart
- 02/21/2025 - Amended by conference committee
- 02/21/2025 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (50-Y 46-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/21/2025 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate
- 03/12/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ443ER)
