VA HB46 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 26-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 14 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-22 - Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 14 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-22 - Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Elections; voter identification containing a photograph required; availability of absentee voting in person; processing returned absentee ballots; permanent absentee voter list repealed. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. A voter who does not show an accepted form of identification is entitled to cast a provisional ballot. The bill limits the period that absentee voting in person is available to the twenty-one days prior to an election and allows localities to offer extended hours for absentee voting in person. Additionally, the bill repeals the provision that allows an absentee ballot that is returned after the close of polls to be counted if it is postmarked by election day and arrives by the Friday after the election. The bill makes changes to the pre-processing of absentee ballots and repeals the permanent absentee voter list. Elections; voter identification containing a photograph required; availability of absentee voting in person; processing returned absentee ballots; permanent absentee voter list repealed. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. A voter who does not show an accepted form of identification is entitled to cast a provisional ballot. The bill limits the period that absentee voting in person is available to the twenty-one days prior to an election and allows localities to offer extended hours for absentee voting in person. Additionally, the bill repeals the provision that allows an absentee ballot that is returned after the close of polls to be counted if it is postmarked by election day and arrives by the Friday after the election. The bill makes changes to the pre-processing of absentee ballots and repeals the permanent absentee voter list.
Title
Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2022-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) (Y: 52 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-11 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) (Y: 52 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-11 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-22 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) |
| 2022-02-16 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2022-02-16 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2022-02-15 | House | VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) |
| 2022-02-15 | House | Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N) |
| 2022-02-14 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB46H1 |
| 2022-02-14 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 22106214D-H1 |
| 2022-02-14 | House | Read second time |
| 2022-02-13 | House | Read first time |
| 2022-02-11 | House | Committee substitute printed 22106214D-H1 |
| 2022-02-11 | House | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 10-N) |
| 2022-02-08 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) |
| 2022-01-25 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) |
| 2022-01-24 | House | Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| 2021-12-31 | House | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2021-12-31 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102903D |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 2 | 404 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 411.3 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 643 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 653 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 653.01 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 701 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 701.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 703.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
