---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lists of persons voting at elections; creation of searchable public lists prohibited."
description: "Elections; lists of persons voting at elections;creation of searchable public lists prohibited. Prohibits therecipient of a list of registered voters from publishing on the Internetany of the information contained in such list as a list, database,or other similar searchable format or providing information containedin a list of registered voters to a third party for such purpose."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 698"
citation: "Virginia SB 698 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d66bbec2-4c44-477c-ab95-67a6740f42c5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB698"
source_hash: "dad6c85b5fc872d0b87b2adffe7e903a3899d9ffa6766316cc260f7a0e368944"
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 SB 698 (2022) — Lists of persons voting at elections; creation of searchable public lists prohibited.

Elections; lists of persons voting at elections;creation of searchable public lists prohibited. Prohibits therecipient of a list of registered voters from publishing on the Internetany of the information contained in such list as a list, database,or other similar searchable format or providing information containedin a list of registered voters to a third party for such purpose.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0445** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0445)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 22104433D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB698)
3. **SB698ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB698ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage #2 (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (17-Y 4-N) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 22104433D `introduction`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB698)
- **2022-02-01** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Reported from Privileges and Elections (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- **2022-03-09** Passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Passage #2 (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB698ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 445 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d66bbec2-4c44-477c-ab95-67a6740f42c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).