2025 Regular Session • Virginia Legislature
SB270: Presidential primaries; ranked choice voting, effective clause.
Legislative Summary
Elections; presidential primaries; ranked choice voting. Allows political parties to hold presidential primaries using ballots that allow a voter to rank such party's candidates in his order of choice. The bill includes a reenactment clause.
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Bill History
1/9/2024
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104872D
Senate
1/9/2024
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Senate
1/30/2024
Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
Senate
1/30/2024
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Senate
2/5/2024
Impact statement from DPB (SB270)
Senate
2/7/2024
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
Senate
2/8/2024
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/9/2024
Read second time
Senate
2/9/2024
Reading of amendment waived
Senate
2/9/2024
Passed by temporarily
Senate
2/9/2024
Committee amendment agreed to
Senate
2/9/2024
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB270E
Senate
2/9/2024
Printed as engrossed 24104872D-E
Senate
2/12/2024
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
Senate
2/12/2024
Impact statement from DPB (SB270E)
Senate
2/15/2024
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/15/2024
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/15/2024
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
House of Delegates
2/18/2024
Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
House of Delegates
2/19/2024
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
House of Delegates
2/23/2024
Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
House of Delegates
11/18/2024
Left in Privileges and Elections
House of Delegates
Amendments
Senate amendments
Senate amendments
7/9/2024Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2/12/2024
21
Yea
19
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2/8/2024
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
2/7/2024
10
Yea
5
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
1/30/2024
8
Yea
7
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(2/9/2024)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Privileges and Elections(House of Delegates)
