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Elections; candidates for office; challenges to candidate qualifications. Requires any legal action relating to a person's eligibility to appear on the ballot on the basis that such person did not meet all qualifications or fulfill all requirements for candidacy to be filed in a circuit court and served on all parties at least (i) 90 days before the date of a general election, (ii) 65 days before the date of a primary election, (iii) 70 days before the date of a special election held on the same date as the general election, or (iv) for any special election held at a time other than a general election (a) at least 55 days before the date of the special election or (b) within 10 days of any writ of election or order calling a special election to be held less than 60 days after the issuance of the writ or order. The bill specifies that any such legal action will be given precedence on the docket and be decided by the court no later than 10 days before the date on which ballots for that election are made available for absentee voting. The bill also specifies that candidates who are nominated at a primary election cannot be later challenged on the basis of facts that were present prior to the primary election and could have been raised in a challenge to such candidate's eligibility for the primary ballot.
Introduced
Jan 6, 2025
Last Action
May 2, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Vetoed by Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
Communicated to Governor
Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (17-Y 23-N)
Governor's recommendation received by Senate
Governor's substitute printed (SB940S2)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB940)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB940ER)
House Amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Privileges and Elections Amendment agreed to
Passed House with amendment (94-Y 2-N)
Engrossed by House as amended
Read third time
Read second time
Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
Assigned PE sub: Election Administration
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Rules suspended
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute-SB940S1
Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
Reading of substitute waived
Read second time
Passed by temporarily
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB940)
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Committee substitute printed 25105877D-S1
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104113D
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Vetoed by Governor
Scott A. Surovell