Virginia House Bill 1812 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Elections; foreign interference in elections; registration, Elections; foreign interference in elections; registration, absentee voting, and conduct of election; penalty. Requires the Attorney General to provide assessments and reports on foreign interference, defined in the bill, in elections in the Commonwealth to the Governor and the General Assembly and to levy or recommend appropriate sanctions against any such foreign governments found to be interfering in elections in the Commonwealth. The bill also repeals the provision that allows persons 16 years of age or older to preregister to vote, removes the ability to register to vote using the websites of the Department of Elections or the Department of Motor Vehicles, and moves the deadline for registering to vote from 21 days prior to an election to 30 days prior to an election. In addition, the bill directs the Department of Elections to conduct list maintenance activities during the 30 days prior to any election in which a candidate for federal office is not on the ballot, including the removal of duplicate registrations, requires voters to provide an excuse in order to vote absentee, removes the option to vote absentee in person, reinstates provisions requiring the presentation of a valid form of photo identification in order to vote, and directs general registrars to provide a paper copy of the pollbook at each polling place during all elections. Finally, the bill eliminates curbside voting and same-day voter registration, prohibits the use of any voting system that can be connected to the Internet and directs the State Board of Elections to decertify any such voting system, and increases from a Class 6 felony to a Class 4 felony the penalty for voter registration fraud.

Foreign interference in elections; registration, absentee voting, and conduct of elections.

Del. Marie March [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101719D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	1004	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	124.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	124.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	403.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	404	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	411.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	416	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	416.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	417.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	418	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	420.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	423	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	424	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	452	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	610	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	612	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	625.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	629	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	638	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	643	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	646.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	649.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	653	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	653.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	667.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	700	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	701	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	701.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	701.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	702.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	703.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	703.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	706	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	709	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	328.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	345.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1812
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1812+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1812F160+PDF