Virginia House Bill 19 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Passed on April 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1064)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Voter identification; repeal of photo identification requirements; additional forms of identification accepted; signed statement in lieu of required form of identification; penalty. Removes the requirement that voters show a form of identification containing a photograph in order to be allowed to vote. The bill requires a voter to show either his voter registration confirmation documents; his valid Virginia driver's license, his valid United States passport, or any other identification issued by the Commonwealth, one of its political subdivisions, or the United States; any valid student identification card issued by any institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth or any private school located in the Commonwealth; any valid student identification card issued by any institution of higher education located in any other state or territory of the United States; any valid employee identification card containing a photograph of the voter and issued by an employer of the voter in the ordinary course of the employer's business; or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows the name and address of the voter. The bill also provides that the expiration date on a Virginia driver's license is not considered when determining the validity of a driver's license offered for voter identification purposes. A voter who does not show one of the required forms of identification when offering to vote is required to sign a statement that he is the named registered voter he claims to be in order to be permitted to cast a ballot. Such statement is signed subject to felony penalties for making false statements, punishable as a Class 5 felony. A voter who does not show one of the required forms of identification and does not complete or sign the statement shall be offered a provisional ballot according to the provisions of current law. The bill adds language regarding identification requirements for certain voters pursuant to the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002.

Voter identification; signed statement in lieu of required form of identification, penalty.

Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]
Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]

2020-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N) (Y: 20 N: 19 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N) (Y: 54 N: 45 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (1-Y 94-N) (Y: 1 N: 94 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (10-Y 3-N 1-A) (Y: 10 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (57-Y 43-N) (Y: 57 N: 43 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) (Y: 14 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N) (Y: 5 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1064)
2020-04-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1064 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-20	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-18	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB19ER)
2020-03-18	House	Enrolled
2020-03-07	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)
2020-03-05	House	VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
2020-03-05	House	Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 45-N)
2020-03-05		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-03-03	Senate	Senators: Locke, Ebbin, Peake
2020-03-03	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-02	House	Delegates: Lindsey, Simon, Robinson
2020-03-02	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-02	House	House acceded to request
2020-02-28	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2020-02-28	Senate	Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 94-N)
2020-02-26	House	Senate substitute rejected by House 20108329D-S1 (1-Y 94-N)
2020-02-26	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-24	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB19S1
2020-02-24	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20108329D-S1
2020-02-24	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-24	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-21	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-18	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20108329D-S1
2020-02-18	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (10-Y 3-N 1-A)
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage (57-Y 43-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (57-Y 43-N)
2020-02-10	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB19H1
2020-02-10	House	Pending question ordered
2020-02-10	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107618D-H1
2020-02-10	House	Read second time
2020-02-09	House	Read first time
2020-02-07	House	Incorporates HB878 (Sickles)
2020-02-07	House	Incorporates HB190 (Levine)
2020-02-07	House	Committee substitute printed 20107618D-H1
2020-02-07	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
2020-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
2020-01-13	House	Assigned P & E sub: Elections
2019-11-19	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2019-11-19	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100460D

HB190 (Similar To) 2020-02-07 - Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
HB878 (Similar To) 2020-02-07 - Incorporated by Privileges and Elections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	404	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	411.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	643	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	701	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	701.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB19
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB19+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB19H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB19S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB19ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1064+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1801V0026+HB0019
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H18V0082+HB0019
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0884+HB0019
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0118+HB0019
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0771HB0019+HB0019
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0883HB0019+HB0019
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1463+HB0019
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1208HB0019+HB0019
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1986+HB0019
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1810HB0019+HB0019