republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1912.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Absentee voting; eligibility of persons granted protective order.	Absentee voting; eligibility of persons granted protective order.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1912	Virginia HB 1912 (2017)	bill	Criminal Procedure Elections	enacted	Joseph R. Yost	3	17	6	2017-01-10	2017-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/6aa23bd9-48cf-4e37-b382-b3cd8f7a5d88	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1912	c93fb765c2816767f7df89e74209d1c579bad99c5555b1373b96d773ba6bcc68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1912 (2017) — Absentee voting; eligibility of persons granted protective order.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0631) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1912ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102030D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Privileges and Elections — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Privileges and Elections — 21–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Joseph R. Yost — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102030D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned P & E sub: Elections referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-24 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-25 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-26 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled
• 2017-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 631 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6aa23bd9-48cf-4e37-b382-b3cd8f7a5d88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).