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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	Polling place procedures; election officer shall verify with voter his full name and address, etc.	Polling place procedures; residence address of voter not announced. Removes the requirement that the officer of election audibly repeat the residence address of a voter offering to vote. The bill provides that the officer of the election is required to verify with the voter his full name and address and to audibly repeat the voter's full name.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1402	Virginia HB 1402 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jeion A. Ward	4	27	6	2020-01-08	2020-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/9b3e37a0-9d74-43e9-88bb-975a9306826a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1402	9fe6516dce4069e1106f1055ddfe7982a3c8007d081b3f4e29b379688d31be26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1402 (2020) — Polling place procedures; election officer shall verify with voter his full name and address, etc.

Polling place procedures; residence address of voter not announced. Removes the requirement that the officer of election audibly repeat the residence address of a voter offering to vote. The bill provides that the officer of the election is required to verify with the voter his full name and address and to audibly repeat the voter's full name.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0296) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1402ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB1402E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1402) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N) — 36–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 1-N) — 5–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)
• Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102067D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Assigned P & E sub: Gubernatorial Appointments referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB1402)
• 2020-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 1-N)
• 2020-01-24 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-29 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-01-29 Engrossed by House as amended HB1402E
• 2020-01-29 Printed as engrossed 20102067D-E
• 2020-01-30 Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-30 VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-31 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1402E)
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-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 (36-Y 2-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1402ER)
• 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 296 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b3e37a0-9d74-43e9-88bb-975a9306826a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).