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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2216: Elections, State Board of; appointment of Commissioner of Elections.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2216 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Elections, State Board of; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Primary sponsor: Israel O'Quinn (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 11, 2025): Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

State Board of Elections; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Changes the appointing authority of the Commissioner of Elections from the Governor to the State Board of Elections, with an affirmative vote of four of the five State Board members required for the appointment or removal of the Commissioner, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. The bill also changes the start of the four-year term of the Commissioner from July 1 of the year following a gubernatorial election to the second year following such election. The bill exempts the Department of Elections from provisions allowing the Governor to appoint a chief deputy and a confidential assistant for policy or administration. In the event that a vacancy occurs in the office of the Commissioner, the bill provides that the Director of Operations of the Department will perform the duties of the Commissioner until such vacancy is filled by the State Board. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Israel O'QuinnPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse44

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
  2. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  3. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  4. Read third time and passed House (94-Y 1-N)
  5. Read second time and engrossed
  6. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2216)
  7. Passed by for the day
  8. Read first time
  9. Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 1-N)
  10. Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
  11. Assigned PE sub: Election Administration
  12. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source