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VA SB 202

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Elections; filling vacancies in county and city governing bodies.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Elections; filling vacancies in county and city governing bodies. Removes the ability to fill a vacancy in a county or city governing body by an interim appointment and requires that a special election be held to fill any such vacancy. The bill requires the local governing body to petition the court for a writ of special election within one day of the occurrence of the vacancy and for the court to promptly issue the writ for a special election no more than 45 days from the date the writ is issued, with extensions for special election dates that would conflict with primary and general elections.

Introduced
2026-01-09
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-04 — Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB202)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • David R. Suetterleinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-09

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100501D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-09

    Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-27

    Continued to next session in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N)

  4. 2026-02-04

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB202)

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Continued to next session in Privileges and Elections

    2026-01-27 · pass · 8-6

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Aaron R. Rouse: yes
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Adam P. Ebbin: yes
    • T. Travis Hackworth: not voting
    • Bill DeSteph: no
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
    • Tara A. Durant: no
    • Russet Perry: yes
    • J.D. "Danny" Diggs: no
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
    • Tammy Brankley Mulchi: no
    • Kannan Srinivasan: yes
    • Luther Cifers, III: no
    • Emily M. Jordan: no
    • Michael J. Jones: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB202

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