SB 1119 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Elections; primary dates, presidential year primaries.

Summary
Elections; primary dates; presidential year primaries. Provides that all primaries for offices to be filled at the November election in presidential election years shall be held on the date of the presidential primary. With respect to candidates for election in November of a presidential election year, the bill also lifts the requirement that petition signatures must be collected after January 1 of the presidential election year. The bill adjusts campaign finance filing deadlines for candidates in presidential year elections to account for the March primary date. This bill is identical to HB 1794.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Vetoed
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Engrossed · 1 edit · Apr 2, 2025
MINOR
The bill was amended to remove § 24.2-514 from the list of sections being amended and reenacted, which means the provisions regarding which nominations this article applies to are no longer being updated by this legislation. This is a technical change that narrows the scope of the bill to focus only on campaign finance filing schedules and petition requirements, excluding the applicability rules for primaries.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed by removing § 24.2-514 from the sections being amended, meaning the rules about which nominations this article applies to are no longer part of this legislative change.
SCOPE

Section 24.2-514, which defined the applicability of primary nomination rules, was removed from the list of sections being amended and reenacted by this bill.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2025

How they voted

390
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 23, 2025
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
10
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Apr 2, 2025
Vetoed
Senate sustained Governor's veto
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1119ER)
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (55-Y 42-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (16-Y 6-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (27-Y 11-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senator VanValkenburg Amendments agreed to
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1119E
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Schuyler VanValkenburg
Schuyler VanValkenburg
DDemocratic
VA
16