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type: "Bill"
title: "Polling place procedures; election officer shall verify with voter his full name and address, etc."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1402"
citation: "Virginia HB 1402 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeion A. Ward"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b3e37a0-9d74-43e9-88bb-975a9306826a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1402"
source_hash: "9fe6516dce4069e1106f1055ddfe7982a3c8007d081b3f4e29b379688d31be26"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0296)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1402ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1402ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1402E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1402E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1402)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1402)
## Votes
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (21-Y 1-N) — **211** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N) — **362** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 1-N) — **51** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b3e37a0-9d74-43e9-88bb-975a9306826a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).