Virginia Senate Bill 1331 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0255)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Absentee voting; accessibility for voters with a visual impairment or print disability. Requires the Department of Elections to make available to all localities a tool to allow voters with a visual impairment or print disability to electronically and accessibly receive and mark absentee ballots using screen reader assistive technology. On receipt of an application for an absentee ballot from an applicant who indicates that he will require assistance due to a visual impairment or print disability, the general registrar is required to offer to provide to the applicant the ballot marking tool with screen reader assistive technology. Absentee voting; accessibility for voters with a visual impairment or print disability. Requires the Department of Elections to make available to all localities a tool to allow voters with a visual impairment or print disability to electronically and accessibly receive and mark absentee ballots using screen reader assistive technology. On receipt of an application for an absentee ballot from an applicant who indicates that he will require assistance due to a visual impairment or print disability, the general registrar is required to offer to provide to the applicant the ballot marking tool with screen reader assistive technology.

Absentee voting; accessibility for voters with a visual impairment or print disability.

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]

2021-02-23 - Senate - Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-22 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0255)
2021-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 255 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-03-01		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-01	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
2021-02-26	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-25	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1331ER)
2021-02-25	Senate	Enrolled
2021-02-23	Senate	House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-22	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2021-02-22	House	Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2021-02-22	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2021-02-22	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2021-02-22	House	Read third time
2021-02-19	House	Read second time
2021-02-17	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
2021-02-16	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
2021-02-16	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2021-02-10	House	Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
2021-02-05	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-02-05	House	Read first time
2021-02-05	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-01	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2021-01-29	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2021-01-28	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2021-01-26	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102849D

SB1331 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	103.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	704	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1331
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1331+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1331ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0255+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+SB1331AH
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+SB1331AHE
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1331F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1331FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S08C0037+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0161SB1331+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0193SB1331+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0197SB1331+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0198SB1331+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H1801V0004+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H1801V0007+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H18V0017+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1805+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0336SB1331+SB1331