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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 270: Presidential primaries; ranked choice voting, effective clause.

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

SB 270 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Presidential primaries; ranked choice voting, effective clause. Primary sponsor: Suhas Subramanyam. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Privileges and Elections.

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.

Elections; presidential primaries; ranked choice voting. Allows political parties to hold presidential primaries using ballots that allow a voter to rank such party's candidates in his order of choice. The bill includes a reenactment clause.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Suhas SubramanyamPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Saddam SalimCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate37

“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. Left in Privileges and Elections
  2. Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
  3. Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
  4. Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
  5. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  6. Read first time
  7. Placed on Calendar
  8. Impact statement from DPB (SB270E)
  9. Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
  10. Printed as engrossed 24104872D-E
  11. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB270E
  12. Committee amendment agreed to

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

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