Virginia Senate Bill 1009

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 31 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-19 - Passed House with substitute (50-Y 46-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices; report. Allows elections for any local office to be conducted by ranked choice voting. The bill requires the State Board of Elections to provide standards for and to approve vote tabulating software for use with existing voting systems in elections conducted by ranked choice voting and to produce generalized voter education materials on ranked choice voting. The bill permits the State Board to create and modify recount procedures to the extent necessary to accommodate a recount of an election conducted by ranked choice voting. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Elections to review the testing and approval framework for voting equipment in the Commonwealth and submit a report of such review no later than the first day of the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Elections; conduct of election, ranked choice voting, locally elected offices, report.

Sen. Saddam Salim [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]
Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Jackie Glass [D]
Del. Phil Hernandez [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]

2025-02-19 - House - Passed House with substitute (50-Y 46-N) (Y: 50 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-02-14 - House - Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-10 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-03 - Senate - Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - Senate - Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-21 - Senate - Reported from Privileges and Elections and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-19	House	Passed House with substitute (50-Y 46-N)
2025-02-19	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute
2025-02-19	House	Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
2025-02-19	House	Read third time
2025-02-18	Senate	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1009)
2025-02-18	House	Read second time
2025-02-14	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
2025-02-14	House	Committee substitute printed 25107301D-H1
2025-02-10	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
2025-02-09	House	Assigned PE sub: Election Administration
2025-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2025-02-06	House	Read first time
2025-02-06	House	Placed on Calendar
2025-02-03	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2025-01-31	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2025-01-30	Senate	Passed by for the day
2025-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
2025-01-30	Senate	Rules suspended
2025-01-29	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
2025-01-21	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)
2025-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2025-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104511D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1009
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1009/text/SB1009
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1009/text/SB1009HC1
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1009/text/SB1009HC3
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1009/text/SB1009H1
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033217.PDF
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059492.PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1009/20251/S08V370
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1009/20251/S05V919
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1009/20251/SV224
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1009/20251/SV264
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1009/20251/H18001V2512504
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1009/20251/H18V2512830
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1009/20251/2518892