Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB895
Legislation Overview
Title: Elections; local electoral boards & general registrars to perform certain risk-limiting audits, etc.
Subject: Elections: Registrars: Study Commissions Committees and Reports
Description: Elections; conduct of election; election results; risk-limiting audits. Requires local electoral boards and general registrars to perform certain risk-limiting audits, defined in the bill, under the supervision of the Department of Elections and in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the State Board of Elections with a risk limit of at least 10 percent. The bill provides that localities are required to participate in such audits at least once every five years. The bill also provides that the Department shall submit a report on the results of such audits to the State Board. The provisions of the bill requiring that such audits be conducted (i) for at least one randomly selected contested race for the General Assembly in the year of a general election for members of the General Assembly and (ii) for any other contested race that is necessary to ensure that each locality participates in a risk-limiting audit of an office within its jurisdiction at least once every five years or that the State Board finds appropriate have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. The provision of the bill requiring that such audits be conducted for at least one randomly selected contested race for an office that requires certification by the State Board in the year of general election for any local office has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024. The bill also requires the Department to convene a work group to consider and propose a process and timeline for implementing risk-limiting audits of statewide contests.
Session: 2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443)
Last Action Date: April 11, 2022
Companion Bill: SB370
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Terry Kilgore (R); Mark Sickles (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Apr 11, 2022 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443) | |
| Apr 11, 2022 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 443 (effective - see bill) | |
| Mar 11, 2022 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022 | |
| House | Mar 11, 2022 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022 |
| Senate | Mar 2, 2022 | Signed by President |
| House | Mar 1, 2022 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB895ER) |
| House | Mar 1, 2022 | Signed by Speaker |
| House | Mar 1, 2022 | Enrolled |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2022 | Read third time |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2022 | Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 2-A) |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2022 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2022 | Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 22, 2022 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 16, 2022 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| Senate | Feb 16, 2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| House | Feb 15, 2022 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 15, 2022 | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 14, 2022 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 14, 2022 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB895H1 |
| House | Feb 14, 2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22105719D-H1 |
| House | Feb 13, 2022 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 11, 2022 | Committee substitute printed 22105719D-H1 |
| House | Feb 11, 2022 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 9, 2022 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 7, 2022 | Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| House | Jan 12, 2022 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| House | Jan 12, 2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104191D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Apr 11, 2022 | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | Mar 1, 2022 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 11, 2022 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Jan 12, 2022 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Substitute for HB895 Privileges and Elections, Subcommittee #2 | Substitute for HB895 Privileges and Elections, Subcommittee #2 | Feb 9, 2022 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Substitute for HB895 Privileges and Elections, Subcommittee #2 | Substitute for HB895 Privileges and Elections, Subcommittee #2 | Feb 9, 2022 | State Link | amendment text | Yes |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) | 02/9/2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) | 02/11/2022 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) | 02/15/2022 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) | 02/22/2022 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | 02/24/2022 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) | 02/25/2022 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) | 02/25/2022 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 2-A) | 02/25/2022 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
