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| Bill | Voting systems; voter-verifiable paper record. | Voting systems; voter-verifiable paper record. Requires any electronic voting system approved by the State Board of Elections to retain each printed ballot cast. Printed ballots are currently defined to include machine-readable ballots, and the bill amends the definition of a machine-readable ballot to mean a tangible ballot that is marked by a voter or by a system or device operated by voter, is available for verification by the voter at the time the ballot is cast, and is then fed into and scanned by a separate counting machine. The bill amends the requirements for sealing and delivering ballots after an election to include printed ballots; current law only addresses paper ballots. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1053 | Virginia HB 1053 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1053 (2020) — Voting systems; voter-verifiable paper record.
Voting systems; voter-verifiable paper record. Requires any electronic voting system approved by the State Board of Elections to retain each printed ballot cast. Printed ballots are currently defined to include machine-readable ballots, and the bill amends the definition of a machine-readable ballot to mean a tangible ballot that is marked by a voter or by a system or device operated by voter, is available for verification by the voter at the time the ballot is cast, and is then fed into and scanned by a separate counting machine. The bill amends the requirements for sealing and delivering ballots after an election to include printed ballots; current law only addresses paper ballots.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0294) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1053ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1053H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1053) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mark H. Levine — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104039D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2020-01-13 Assigned P & E sub: Gubernatorial Appointments
referral-committee - 2020-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1053)
- 2020-01-30 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1053)
- 2020-02-05 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-07 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20107096D-H1
substitution - 2020-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107096D-H1
- 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1053H1
- 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB1053H1)
- 2020-02-11 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-21 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-21 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-26 Enrolled
- 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1053ER)
- 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-27 Signed by President
- 2020-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- 2020-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 294 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/880791e1-c5a3-4942-8e7e-cfbac1e831e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).