---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election day page program; central absentee voter precinct."
description: "Election day page program; central absenteevoter precinct. Removes the prohibition against an election daypage program being conducted in a central absentee voter precinct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 186"
citation: "Virginia HB 186 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-12-26"
last_action: "2020-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8190f56f-6206-42a1-a38a-ab6ce1a43acf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB186"
source_hash: "d41fd38cc511a7e268861585f6ab16ca025ef02c52542e791feb2b9ca18b886e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 186 (2020) — Election day page program; central absentee voter precinct.

Election day page program; central absenteevoter precinct. Removes the prohibition against an election daypage program being conducted in a central absentee voter precinct.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0285)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB186ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB186ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB186)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB186)

## Votes

- Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N) — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-12-26** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100966D `introduction`
- **2019-12-26** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Assigned P & E sub: Gubernatorial Appointments `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB186)
- **2020-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-24** Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-30** VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N)
- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB186ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 285 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8190f56f-6206-42a1-a38a-ab6ce1a43acf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).