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type: "Bill"
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title: "Student voters; public high schools to provide Virginia voter registration information."
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description: "Student voters; Virginia voter registration. Requires each public high school to provide to any enrolled student who is of voting age or otherwise eligible to register to vote access to Virginia voter registration information and applications, or access to the Virginia online voter registration system on a school-owned computing device, and the opportunity to complete such application during the normal course of the school day."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1491"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1491 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nancy D. Guy"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c634119a-29cd-491e-958a-adf6cd411728"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1491"
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source_hash: "992cbd9497fae462e586eac854bee57e1e08c1890418354cd1cc27c3c47c1d2f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1491 (2020) — Student voters; public high schools to provide Virginia voter registration information.
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Student voters; Virginia voter registration. Requires each public high school to provide to any enrolled student who is of voting age or otherwise eligible to register to vote access to Virginia voter registration information and applications, or access to the Virginia online voter registration system on a school-owned computing device, and the opportunity to complete such application during the normal course of the school day.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0612)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0612)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1491ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1491ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1491E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1491E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1491)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1491)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N) — **81–16** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) — **30–10** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with amendment (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) — **28–12** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Nancy D. Guy — primary (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Presented and ordered printed 20103604D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-01-27** Reported from Education with amendment (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-30** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB1491)
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- **2020-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-31** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended HB1491E
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- **2020-01-31** Printed as engrossed 20103604D-E
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- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed House (82-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-03** VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1491E)
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- **2020-02-11** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1491ER)
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- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 612 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c634119a-29cd-491e-958a-adf6cd411728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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