Bill Text: VA HB1491 | 2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Student voters; public high schools to provide Virginia voter registration information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-04-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0612) [HB1491 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB1491-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-203.4 as follows:
§22.1-203.4. Public high schools; Virginia voter registration.
Each public high school shall provide to any enrolled student who is of voting age or is eligible to register to vote pursuant to § 24.2-403 (i) mail voter registration applications and voter registration information provided by the Department of Elections or (ii) access to the Virginia online voter registration system on a school-owned computing device that is accessible to such student. Each student who is eligible to register to vote shall be provided the opportunity to complete an application form during the normal course of the school day.
