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Bill Pollbooks; requirement for printed copies. Pollbooks; requirement for printed copies ofpollbooks. Requires general registrars to produce and distributeprinted copies of pollbooks to each precinct for any primary andgeneral election. The bill also contains technical adjustments toreflect the current administrative responsibilities of the Departmentof Elections. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 1421 Virginia HB 1421 (2020)
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Virginia HB 1421 (2020) — Pollbooks; requirement for printed copies.

Pollbooks; requirement for printed copies ofpollbooks. Requires general registrars to produce and distributeprinted copies of pollbooks to each precinct for any primary andgeneral election. The bill also contains technical adjustments toreflect the current administrative responsibilities of the Departmentof Elections.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1421ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB1421) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — 51 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 2-N) — 202 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (89-Y 8-N) — 888 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) — 350 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 0-N 1-A) — 120 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lee J. Carter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102714D 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 (HB1421)
  • 2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
  • 2020-01-30 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1421)
  • 2020-01-31 Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (89-Y 8-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (89-Y 8-N)
  • 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2020-02-18 Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 0-N 1-A) 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 (35-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-26 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1421ER)
  • 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 297 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9518429b-17f1-4e23-9139-d59bba784237. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).