Virginia Senate Bill 814
Session 2025
Election of certain governing bodies; conversion to single-member districts.
Active
Vetoed by Governor on Mar 25, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
814
State
Virginia
Session
2025
Senate votes are unavailable for this bill.
Summary
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.2-1400 of the Code of Virginia, relating to election of certain governing bodies; conversion to single-member districts.
Election of certain governing bodies; conversion to single-member districts. Allows the governing body of a locality that has been subject to a court order imposing a remedial election system under voting rights laws to adopt an ordinance to convert one or more at-large seats of such body to single-member districts, provided that the governing body also adopts and implements the remedial election system contained in the court order. The bill provides that members of such governing body in office on the effective date of such ordinance shall complete their terms of office.
Governor's Veto Explanation
Enrolled
House Amendment
Delegate Convirs-Fowler Amendment
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB814)
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04/02/2025
Senate
Senate sustained Governor's veto
04/02/2025
Senate
Passed by for the day
03/25/2025
Office of the Governor
Vetoed by Governor
03/11/2025
Office of the Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
03/11/2025
Senate
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
03/10/2025
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB814)
03/10/2025
Senate
Signed by President
03/07/2025
House
Signed by Speaker
03/07/2025
Senate
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB814ER)
03/07/2025
Senate
Enrolled
02/20/2025
Senate
House Amendment agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)
02/19/2025
House
Passed House with amendment (51-Y 46-N)
02/19/2025
House
Engrossed by House as amended
02/19/2025
House
Delegate Convirs-Fowler Amendment agreed to
02/19/2025
House
Read third time
02/18/2025
House
Read second time
02/14/2025
House
Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 10-N)
02/10/2025
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
02/09/2025
House
Assigned PE sub: Election Administration
02/04/2025
House
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
02/04/2025
House
Read first time
02/04/2025
House
Placed on Calendar
01/27/2025
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N)
01/24/2025
Senate
Engrossed by Senate
01/24/2025
Senate
Read second time
01/23/2025
Senate
Passed by for the day
01/23/2025
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
01/23/2025
Senate
Rules suspended
01/21/2025
Senate
Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
01/21/2025
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB814)
12/30/2024
Senate
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
12/30/2024
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101347D
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VA Legislature
Open States
Record Created
Dec 31, 2024 8:57:55 PM
Record Updated
Sep 1, 2025 1:25:47 PM