# Virginia HB235: Elections; districts, precincts, and polling places, pilot program for super precincts. Virginia HB235, Elections; districts, precincts, and polling places, pilot program for super precincts., is a 2027 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Debra D. Gardner (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB235-2027 - As of: 2026-10-11 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB235 - State: Virginia - Session: 2027 Regular Session - Title: Elections; districts, precincts, and polling places, pilot program for super precincts. - Status: in committee - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-08 - Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session - Sponsor: Debra D. Gardner (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Election Administration - Touches household money: no - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Elections; districts, precincts, and polling places; super precincts; pilot program. Authorizes the State Board of Elections to conduct a pilot program under which one or more counties or cities with a population of more than 350,000 and less than 400,000 in the most recent United States census whose proposal for participation in such pilot program is unanimously approved by the State Board would be permitted to use super precincts in elections. The bill requires the governing body of a county or city applying to participate in the pilot program to submit a plan for participation that includes (i) the number of super precincts to be established in the county or city and the boundaries of each such super precinct, (ii) the number of vote centers to be established in each super precinct and the location of each such vote center, (iii) the elections during which such super precincts and vote centers are to be used, and (iv) a description of the process for operating such vote centers on election day, including how voters will be checked in, how ballots will be provided, how votes will be counted, and any additional voting systems that will be used to ensure the integrity of the election. The bill defines "super precinct" as the territory established by a county or city and approved by the State Board pursuant to the pilot program, to be served by one or more vote centers, and "vote center" as the structure that contains a place provided for a super precinct at which the qualified voters who are residents of the super precinct may vote in an election. The bill contains minimum criteria for any proposal for participation in the pilot program. The bill requires the State Board report on the implementation and effectiveness of the pilot program by December 1 of any year in which one or more localities participate in the pilot program. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2030. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Debra D. Gardner (Democratic), House ## Actions (9) - 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (House) - 2026-02-13: Continued to 2027 in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote) (House) - 2026-02-09: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2028 (Voice Vote) (House) - 2026-02-02: House subcommittee offered (House) - 2026-02-02: House subcommittee offered (House) - 2026-01-30: Assigned HPE sub: Election Administration (House) - 2026-01-21: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB235) (House) - 2026-01-08: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections (House) - 2026-01-08: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103993D (House) ## Bill text - Substitute, 2026-02-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229139.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231452.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229138.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231451.PDF) - Introduced, 2026-01-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231349.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231348.PDF) ## Related bills - SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report. 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(in committee) ## Sources - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229139.HTML) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231452.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229138.PDF) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231451.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231349.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231348.PDF) ## Related - [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027) - [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027) - [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027) - [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027) - [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027) - [SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB840-2027) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB235-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).