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type: "Bill"
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title: "Absentee voting; processing of rejected absentee ballots."
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description: "Absentee voting; processing of rejected absentee ballots."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 961"
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citation: "Virginia SB 961 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lionell Spruill, Sr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-02"
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last_action: "2017-03-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08ad9757-78e1-4ab0-a237-279fd110decb"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB961"
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source_hash: "58b060e661cdb4d1c75404b1abd2d6b39b5a4898e31eb1e91f6fe743c1bb37af"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 961 (2017) — Absentee voting; processing of rejected absentee ballots.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0276)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0276)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB961ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB961ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103090D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB961)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **19–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103090D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-20** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-31** Assigned P & E sub: Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-14** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-15** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 276 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08ad9757-78e1-4ab0-a237-279fd110decb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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