---
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 HB 82."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 58"
citation: "Virginia SB 58 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a75be932-2d50-42f0-9514-4a9c55e30297"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB58"
source_hash: "c3b25c3cb4131945afd77d62fe0e37e277868de1b979a6f8a695718a26bdf98b"
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 58 (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 HB 82.

## 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/1081777.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216247.PDF)
3. **Delegate Price Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179230.HTML)
4. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1181364.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1188145.PDF)

## Votes

- H VOTE: — **64–34** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **22–16** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **9–5** (pass) · upper
- Concur House Amendment R — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100161D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-12-01** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB58)
- **2026-01-20** Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-01-22** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-23** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-26** Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 16-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-26** Passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Floor offered Delegate Price Amendment
- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Delegate Price Floor amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-25** Passed House with amendment (64-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-27** House amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB58ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB58)
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 62 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 62 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0062)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a75be932-2d50-42f0-9514-4a9c55e30297`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).