---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information, etc."
description: "Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information; 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election. Moves the deadline for receipt of an absentee ballot, information required to cure an absentee ballot, or proof of identification to accompany a provisional ballot provided for lack of identification from noon to 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 58."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 82"
citation: "Virginia HB 82 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adele Y. McClure"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-12-31"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05532519-7554-4df5-b80f-1453a674db6e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB82"
source_hash: "120126b2c4581f08f06328bd516f55f34ba2079fc19b48f4e1973436fa18f75e"
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 82 (2026) — Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information, etc.

Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information; 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election. Moves the deadline for receipt of an absentee ballot, information required to cure an absentee ballot, or proof of identification to accompany a provisional ballot provided for lack of identification from noon to 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 58.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082306.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216239.PDF)
3. **Privileges and Elections Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179369.HTML)
4. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1189044.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199258.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **59–35** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **64–32** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **22–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-31** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103344D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-12-31** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB82)
- **2026-02-06** Assigned HPE sub: Election Administration `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- **2026-02-13** Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (60-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Senate committee offered
- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day
- **2026-03-02** Privileges and Elections Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate with amendment (22-Y 18-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Senate amendment agreed to by House (64-Y 32-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB82ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB82)
- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 61 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0061)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05532519-7554-4df5-b80f-1453a674db6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).