Virginia Senate Bill 617 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 7 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0856)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Absentee voting; voter satellite offices for absentee voting in person. Authorizes the establishment of voter satellite offices by governing bodies of counties and cities for purposes of absentee voting in person. No change in any voter satellite office, including the creation of a new voter satellite office or abolishment of an existing voter satellite office, may be enacted within the 60 days immediately preceding a general election. The bill requires general registrars to post notice of the locations of all voter satellite offices within the locality, and their days and hours of operation, not later than 55 days prior to any election. Requirements for polling places, including accessibility for persons with disabilities, changes of location due to emergency circumstances, and funding, apply to voter satellite offices. The provisions of the bill are applicable to elections beginning with the general election on November 3, 2020.

Absentee voting; voter satellite offices for absentee voting in person.

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (92-Y 8-N) (Y: 92 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 1-N) (Y: 19 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-20 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-14 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-07		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0856)
2020-04-07		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 856 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-04	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-03	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-03	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB617ER)
2020-03-03	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: Passage (92-Y 8-N)
2020-02-26	House	Passed House (92-Y 8-N)
2020-02-26	House	Read third time
2020-02-25	House	Read second time
2020-02-21	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 1-N)
2020-02-18	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
2020-02-14	House	Assigned P & E sub: Elections
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-20	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-17	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20102713D-E
2020-01-17	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB617E
2020-01-17	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-01-17	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-01-17	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-16	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-14	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102713D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	701.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	701.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB617
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB617+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB617E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB617ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0856+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0015+SB0617
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0057SB0617+SB0617
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0067SB0617+SB0617
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1801V0040+SB0617
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H18V0130+SB0617
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1496+SB0617