VA HB956 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 25-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 9 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 (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 9 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 (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Absentee voting; deadline for returning absentee ballot. Requires that an absentee ballot be received before the closing of the polls on election day in order to be counted. Currently, an absentee ballot that is received after the closing of the polls but before noon on the third day after the election is counted if it is postmarked on or before the date of the election.
Title
Absentee voting; deadline for returning absentee ballot.
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]
2022-02-10 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) (Y: 52 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-04 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-04 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) (Y: 52 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-04 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-04 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-22 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) |
| 2022-02-11 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2022-02-11 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2022-02-10 | House | VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) |
| 2022-02-10 | House | Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N) |
| 2022-02-09 | House | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2022-02-08 | House | Read first time |
| 2022-02-04 | House | Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 10-N) |
| 2022-02-04 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) |
| 2022-02-03 | House | Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #3 |
| 2022-01-12 | House | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2022-01-12 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102801D |
