republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-960.md

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Bill	Absentee ballots; expediting counting of absentee ballots returned by mail prior to election day.	Absentee ballots; expediting counting of absentee ballots returned by mail prior to election day.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 960	Virginia SB 960 (2017)	bill	Elections	enacted	Lionell Spruill, Sr.	3	18	6	2017-01-02	2017-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/079633b2-d70d-4c82-9a7f-84d862f9c766	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB960	27e7c80121e28557477cfe433b23f5f65a0dac0173cacced1bfc6f52dda60a8c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 960 (2017) — Absentee ballots; expediting counting of absentee ballots returned by mail prior to election day.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB960ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103086D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Privileges and Elections — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Privileges and Elections — 19–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)
• Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103086D introduction
• 2017-01-02 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2017-01-20 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-23 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Assigned P & E sub: Elections referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-14 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled
• 2017-02-17 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-20 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
• 2017-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 275 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/079633b2-d70d-4c82-9a7f-84d862f9c766. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).