Absentee voting; no excuse required. (HB1)
Introduced By
Del. Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria) with support from 6 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Lee Carter (D-Manassas), Del. Wendy Gooditis (D-Clarke), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond)
Progress
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Absentee voting; no excuse required. Permits any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in any election in which he is qualified to vote. The bill removes the current list of statutory reasons under which a person may be entitled to vote by absentee ballot and removes references to those reasons from other sections of the Code. This bill incorporates HB 25, HB 208, and HB 209. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 11/18/2019 | Committee |
| 11/18/2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101095D |
| 11/18/2019 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 01/13/2020 | Assigned P & E sub: Elections |
| 01/14/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1) |
| 01/21/2020 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N) |
| 01/24/2020 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/24/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20106251D-H1 |
| 01/24/2020 | Incorporates HB25 (Lindsey) |
| 01/24/2020 | Incorporates HB208 (Murphy) |
| 01/24/2020 | Incorporates HB209 (Murphy) |
| 01/28/2020 | Read first time |
| 01/29/2020 | Read second time |
| 01/29/2020 | Committee substitute agreed to 20106251D-H1 |
| 01/29/2020 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1H1 |
| 01/30/2020 | Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1) |
| 01/30/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1H1) |
| 01/30/2020 | Read third time and passed House ((65-Y 35-N) |
| 01/30/2020 | VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/31/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 01/31/2020 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 02/18/2020 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (10-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/21/2020 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/24/2020 | Read third time |
| 02/24/2020 | Reading of amendment waived |
| 02/24/2020 | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 02/24/2020 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 02/24/2020 | Passed Senate with amendment (25-Y 15-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/26/2020 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/26/2020 | Senate amendment agreed to by House (62-Y 34-N) |
| 02/26/2020 | VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 34-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/02/2020 | Enrolled |
| 03/02/2020 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1ER) |
| 03/02/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1ER) |
| 03/02/2020 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/03/2020 | Signed by President |
| 03/12/2020 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020 |
| 03/12/2020 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020 |
| 04/11/2020 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 1149 (effective 7/1/20) |
| 04/11/2020 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1149) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 8 clips in all, totaling 6 minutes.
Comments
Expanding no-excuse absentee voting will greatly enhance voting rights in Virginia and will reduce the burden on registrars during the current (but not yet implemented) 7-day no-excuse period. Furthermore, it will help to reduce lines at polling places on election day, another obstacle to voting.