VA Code | §24 | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | HB1833 | Reorganizing and recodifying the law related to carrying concealed weapons and concealed handgun permits. Reorganizes the existing §18.2-308 into a new Article 6.1 in Chapter 7 of Title 18.2. The new article creates separate, discrete sections t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0746) |
| VA | HB2048 | Consolidation of water quality programs. Moves several water quality programs currently administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Department of Environmental Quality. The Department of Environmental Quality and the State Wa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0756) |
| VA | SB1279 | Consolidation of water quality programs. Moves several water quality programs currently administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Department of Environmental Quality. The Department of Environmental Quality and the State Wa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0793) |
| VA | HB2331 | Election laws; enforcement and prosecution. Gives the Attorney General the independent authority to enforce and prosecute violations of election laws in addition to the existing authority granted to the Attorney General pursuant to a unanimous vote ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0768) |
| VA | SB1256 | Voter identification requirements; photo ID. Requires photo ID at the polls by eliminating all forms of identification that do not contain a photograph of the voter from the list of forms of identification any one of which a voter must present in ord... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725) |
| VA | HB1337 | Elections; polling place procedures; voter identification requirements. Removes several items from the list of acceptable identification documents that a voter must present when voting at the polls on election day: a copy of a current utility bill, b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0703) |
| VA | SB958 | Voter registration; final day of registration and mail registration application. Provides that the principal office of the registrar shall close for registration purposes at 5:00 p.m. on the final day for registration before an election. The same dea... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0680) |
| VA | SB1049 | Candidate petitions; qualifications to have candidate's name appear on the ballot. Provides that the signatures of qualified voters who have been assigned inactive status shall be deemed valid for purposes of candidate petitions. The bill also requir... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0684) |
| VA | SB1077 | Registered voters; citizenship; SAVE Program. Authorizes the State Board of Elections to apply to participate in the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE Program) operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0686) |
| VA | HB1346 | Presidential elections and primaries; petition requirements. Reduces the number of signatures required for groups other than the major parties to gain access to the presidential election ballot from 10,000 to 5,000 signatures in the Commonwealth and ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550) |
| VA | SB967 | Application for absentee ballot. Eliminates certain additional information that a person applying for an absentee ballot must submit regarding the reason the applicant will be absent or cannot vote at his polling place on the day of the election, inc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0620) |
| VA | SB690 | Presidential elections and primaries; petition requirements. Reduces the number of signatures required for groups other than the major parties to gain access to the presidential election ballot from 10,000 to 5,000 signatures in the Commonwealth and ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0521) |
| VA | HB1339 | Local election districts and redistricting. Permits any county, city, or town governing body to exclude from the census population used in decennial redistricting the adult inmate populations of federal, state, or regional adult correctional faciliti... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0483) |
| VA | SB802 | Electoral boards; meetings. Provides that a telephone call between two members of an electoral board or a telephone call between two members of the State Board of Elections in preparation for a meeting shall not constitute a meeting for Virginia Free... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525) |
| VA | HB1765 | Disqualification of voters; felons; procedure. Codifies the State Board of Elections current practice to check the monthly list of felony convictions received from the Central Criminal Records Exchange (CCRE) against the registered voters maintained ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0491) |
| VA | HB2107 | Elections; absentee ballot procedures and count. Requires the prompt counting of absentee ballots immediately after the close of the polls and advance steps by the general registrar to prepare for the prompt counting of absentee ballots. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0501) |
| VA | HB2143 | Provisional ballot envelopes. Specifies that provisional ballot envelopes are to be placed in the ballot container promptly. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0503) |
| VA | SB1100 | Elections; in-person absentee voting. Removes the requirement that the general registrar's office be open for eight hours on the second Saturday before a May election and retains the requirement that the office be open on the Saturday before the May ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0535) |
| VA | SB1145 | Absentee ballots; confirmation of receipt. Requires the Secretary of the State Board of Elections, in coordination with local election officials, to implement a free-access system by which a voter may determine whether his application for an absentee... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537) |
| VA | SB1229 | State Board of Elections; Director of Elections. Changes the name of the State Board of Elections (the agency that administers election law) to the Department of Elections. The three-member board appointed by the Governor that is also known as the St... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0542) |
| VA | HB2341 | Electronic transmission of voter registration information. Provides that a person who is qualified to register to vote may apply to register to vote by electronic means authorized by the State Board of Elections. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0520) |
| VA | SB957 | Electoral boards, meetings. Provides that electoral boards need to meet the first week of February only in the year in which terms of officers of election expire and new officers must be appointed. Electoral boards are currently required to meet duri... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0461) |
| VA | SB963 | Officers of election; multiple precincts. Provides that the local electoral board may reassign an officer of election from the precinct in which he was originally assigned to work to another precinct for the remaining portion of election day. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462) |
| VA | HB1764 | State Board of Elections; Virginia Voter Registration System. Directs the State Board to cooperate with other states to develop systems to compare voters and registration lists in order to ensure accuracy of voter registration rolls, prevent duplicat... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0425) |
| VA | HB2022 | Voter registration exchange. Directs the State Board of Elections to request voter registration information and lists of persons voting at primaries and elections, if available, from the states that border the Commonwealth in order to identify duplic... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0435) |
| VA | HB2147 | Primaries; candidate petition signatures, certification by party chairman. Provides that in furnishing to the State Board of Elections or local electoral boards the names of candidates for nomination in a primary, including a presidential primary, th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443) |
| VA | HB2158 | Officers of election; multiple precincts. Provides that the local electoral board may reassign an officer of election from the precinct in which he was originally assigned to work to another precinct for the remaining portion of election day. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0444) |
| VA | SB1008 | Voter registration; registration activities by third parties. Requires individuals and groups conducting voter registration drives, when obtaining 25 or more voter registration applications from the State Board of Elections or local offices, to regis... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0465) |
| VA | SB1027 | Voting; overvoted ballots. Provides, in the case of ballots that are inserted into an electronic counting device, that if a ballot is found to have voted for a greater number of names for one office than the number of persons required to fill the off... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0469) |
| VA | HB2255 | Voter lists. Requires a local electoral board to submit the list of persons who voted at any election to the State Board of Elections within 60 days after each election unless such list is not available due to a pending recount or election contest. T... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0446) |
| VA | HB259 | House of Delegates districts; technical adjustments. Makes technical changes in House of Delegates Districts 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 59, 60, 64, 67, 7... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 Failed to pass in House |
| VA | SB724 | Elections; absentee voting. Provides that persons age 65 and older on the day of an election for which an absentee ballot is requested are entitled to vote absentee. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 |
| VA | SB739 | Voting devices; number required. Provides that there shall be at least one voting device for each 500 registered voters in a precinct. The current requirement is for one device for each 750 registered voters. The bill has a delayed effective date of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 |
| VA | SB742 | Virginia Redistricting Commission created. Establishes a five-member commission to prepare redistricting plans for the House of Delegates, state Senate, and congressional districts. Appointments to the Commission shall be made one each by the four ma... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 |
| VA | SB830 | Elections; absentee voting and procedures; secure return of voted military-overseas ballots. Directs the State Board of Elections to provide instructions and procedures so that uniformed-service voters can return voted military-overseas ballots secur... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 |
| VA | SB968 | Absentee ballots. Provides that officers of election shall not reject an absentee ballot on the basis that the voter failed to include a middle name or initial on the ballot envelope if such failure is not material to determining whether the individu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 |
| VA | HB1747 | Voter registration; registration activities by third parties. Requires individuals and groups conducting voter registration drives, when obtaining 25 or more voter registration applications from the State Board of Elections or local offices, to regis... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 Failed to pass in House |
| VA | SB1294 | Senate districts; technical adjustment. Reassigns the Fairways Precinct in the City of Chesapeake from District 5 to District 14. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 Failed to pass in Senate |
| VA | HB1725 | Delivery of completed absentee ballot applications by third parties. Provides that no person, with certain exceptions, shall offer to mail or deliver 25 or more completed absentee ballot applications on behalf of voters for any election. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 |
| VA | SB719 | Elections; polling place procedures; voter identification requirements. Removes several items from the list of acceptable identification documents that a voter must present when voting at the polls on election day: a copy of a current utility bill, b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | HB1340 | Compensation and expenses of electoral boards and general registrars. Provides for reimbursement by the state to the localities of the entire costs of compensation and expenses of the electoral boards and general registrars. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1341 | Presidential primary costs. Provides that localities shall be reimbursed by the state for all costs incurred in conducting the presidential primary. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1342 | Elections; costs of primaries. Provides that the state will reimburse the localities for the costs of primary elections as funded by the general appropriation act. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1348 | House of Delegates districts; technical adjustments. Makes technical changes in House of Delegates Districts 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 59, 60, 64, 67, 7... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1353 | Elections; absentee voting. Provides that qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse or reason for not being able to vote in person on election day. The bill retains the present statutory list of specific reasons entitli... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1361 | Elections; absentee voting. Provides that qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse or reason for not being able to vote in person on election day. The bill retains the present statutory list of specific reasons entitli... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1456 | House of Delegates districts; technical adjustments. Moves four census blocks in Fairfax County from the Fifty-third to the Thirty-ninth District in order to place all of the Camelot Precinct in the Thirty-ninth District. Camelot Precinct currently i... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1471 | Voting by assisted living facility residents. Provides that residents of assisted living facilites are permitted to vote absentee. The bill also provides that localities may establish absentee voter precincts at assisted living facilities that will b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1520 | Elections; absentee voting. Provides that qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse or reason for not being able to vote in person on election day. The bill retains the present statutory list of specific reasons entitli... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1592 | Elections; early voting. Provides that any registered voter qualified to vote in the election may vote in person from 19 to three days before the election at specified times and at the sites provided in the locality. The provisions for absentee votin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
