Assistance for certain voters; curbside voting. (HB1921)
Introduced By
Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News) with support from 26 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dawn Adams (D-Richmond), Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge), Del. Jeff Bourne (D-Richmond), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Lee Carter (D-Manassas), Del. Josh Cole (D-Stafford), Del. Karrie Delaney (D-Centreville), Del. Kelly Fowler (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Wendy Gooditis (D-Clarke), Del. Angelia Williams Graves (D-Norfolk), Del. Elizabeth Guzman (D-Dale City), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Candi King (D-Woodbridge), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Paul Krizek (D-Alexandria), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun), Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Kathy Tran (D-Springfield), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
☐ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Assistance for certain voters; curbside voting. Clarifies that any voter with a permanent physical disability, temporary physical disability, or injury is entitled to vote outside of the polling place. The bill further provides that during a declared state of emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat, any voter is entitled to vote outside of the polling place. The bill requires that the area designated for voting outside of the polling place be clearly marked and instructions on how the voter is to notify an officer of election of his request to vote outside of the polling place be prominently displayed. The bill makes technical amendments for clarity and organizational purposes. Read the Bill »
Status
04/12/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the Privileges and Elections Committee
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/10/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101908D |
| 01/10/2021 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 01/14/2021 | Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration |
| 01/15/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1921) |
| 01/19/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) |
| 01/20/2021 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/21/2021 | Read first time |
| 01/22/2021 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 01/25/2021 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
| 01/25/2021 | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/26/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 01/26/2021 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/16/2021 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/18/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/19/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/19/2021 | Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) |
| 02/24/2021 | Enrolled |
| 02/24/2021 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1921ER) |
| 02/24/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1921ER) |
| 02/24/2021 | Signed by President |
| 02/25/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/26/2021 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021 |
| 02/26/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| 03/18/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 163 (effective 7/1/21) |
| 03/18/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0163) |
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