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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; no excuse required, voting by absentee ballot.	Absentee voting; no excuse required. Permits any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in any election in which he is qualified to vote. The bill removes the current list of statutory reasons under which a person may be entitled to vote by absentee ballot and removes references to those reasons from other sections of the Code. This bill incorporates HB 25, HB 208, and HB 209.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1	Virginia HB 1 (2020)	bill		enacted	Charniele L. Herring	4	38	7	2019-11-18	2020-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/17a0a47d-3aaa-4777-87bf-dceaeeb253e1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1	6861910675c3350a5e12fa06fc3d688a34ab26de15c17fb8eb5681b611237956	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1 (2020) — Absentee voting; no excuse required, voting by absentee ballot.

Absentee voting; no excuse required. Permits any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in any election in which he is qualified to vote. The bill removes the current list of statutory reasons under which a person may be entitled to vote by absentee ballot and removes references to those reasons from other sections of the Code. This bill incorporates HB 25, HB 208, and HB 209.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1149) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N) — 64–35 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N) — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (25-Y 15-N) — 25–15 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 34-N) — 61–34 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
• Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-11-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101095D introduction
• 2019-11-18 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Assigned P & E sub: Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1)
• 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
• 2020-01-24 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Committee substitute printed 20106251D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-24 Incorporates HB25 (Lindsey)
• 2020-01-24 Incorporates HB208 (Murphy)
• 2020-01-24 Incorporates HB209 (Murphy)
• 2020-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 20106251D-H1
• 2020-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1H1
• 2020-01-30 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1)
• 2020-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (HB1H1)
• 2020-01-30 Read third time and passed House ((65-Y 35-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-30 VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N)
• 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-31 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-02-24 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-24 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate with amendment (25-Y 15-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-26 Senate amendment agreed to by House (62-Y 34-N)
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 34-N)
• 2020-03-02 Enrolled
• 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1ER)
• 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-03 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1149 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17a0a47d-3aaa-4777-87bf-dceaeeb253e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).