2026 Regular Session
SB5
General Assembly - Special Election to Fill a Vacancy in Office
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Proposing a constitutional amendment to require that a special election be held at the same time as the regular statewide primary and general elections that are held in the second year of a term to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator in the General Assembly if the vacancy occurs on or before the date that is 55 days before the deadline for filing certificates of candidacy for the regular statewide election that is held in the second year of the term; etc.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 5, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
43 yea–1 nay · 3 absent
March 26, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 983428/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected
Failed
39 yea–94 nay · 5 not voting · 3 absent
March 27, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
93 yea–33 nay · 4 not voting · 11 absent
Committee referrals
February 6, 2026 · House
Government, Labor, and Elections
January 14, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Third Reading Passed (93-33) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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House Floor Amendment {983428/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (39-94)
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House Motion Special Order until 03/26 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments {213726/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
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Senate Third Reading Passed (43-1) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed
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Senate Favorable Adopted
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Senate Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
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Senate First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Pre-filed