HB 630 VA

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Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices; report. Expands the option to use ranked choice voting from only elections for county board of supervisors and city councils to any local governing body. The bill requires the State Board of Elections to provide standards and to approve vote tabulating software for use with existing voting systems in elections conducted by ranked choice voting. The bill provides for copying damaged or defective ballots that cannot be properly counted by electronic voting systems. The bill allows localities to request risk-limiting audits of elections conducted using ranked choice voting and provides that no such election may be included in any random drawing required to satisfy the general requirements for risk-limiting audits. The bill specifies that the State Board is required to produce generalized voter education materials on ranked choice voting and is also permitted to create and modify recount procedures to the extent necessary to accommodate a recount of an election. 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 2027 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Finally, the bill repeals the 2031 expiration of the option to use ranked choice voting in elections, making such option permanent. This bill is identical to SB 176.

• Katrina Callsen Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105115D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · lower
3. Jan 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB630) · lower
4. Feb 6, 2026 Assigned HPE sub: Election Administration · lower
5. Feb 9, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) · lower
6. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 6-N) · lower
7. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
8. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
9. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N 0-A) · lower
10. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
11. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · upper
12. Mar 3, 2026 Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N) · upper
13. Mar 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
14. Mar 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
15. Mar 5, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
16. Mar 6, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
17. Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
18. Mar 10, 2026 Read third time · upper
19. Mar 10, 2026 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
20. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
21. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB630ER) · lower
22. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
23. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
24. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
25. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
26. Apr 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB630) · lower
27. Apr 11, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Governor Substitute · PDF
• Governor Substitute · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML