republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-213.md

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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	Voter identification; accepted forms of identification, out-of-state student identification card.	Voter identification; accepted forms of identification; student identification card issued by out-of-state institution ofhigher education. Adds to the list of acceptable forms of voteridentification a valid student photo identification card issued byany institution of higher education located in any other state orterritory of the United States. Current law allows students fromany institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth touse their student photo identification cards for purposes of voting.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 213	Virginia HB 213 (2020)	bill		enacted	Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.	3	24	6	2019-12-27	2020-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/e68dcf2a-8e54-4cc5-b9cf-9fe81945f6d0	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB213	6eaffbed9cfa6f4e5c8d3d9a7e29ec3137b75b7bb15f57b943c2d3a95d127403	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 213 (2020) — Voter identification; accepted forms of identification, out-of-state student identification card.

Voter identification; accepted forms of identification; student identification card issued by out-of-state institution ofhigher education. Adds to the list of acceptable forms of voteridentification a valid student photo identification card issued byany institution of higher education located in any other state orterritory of the United States. Current law allows students fromany institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth touse their student photo identification cards for purposes of voting.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1154) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB213ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB213) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N) — 56–41 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-27 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101656D introduction
• 2019-12-27 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Assigned P & E sub: Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (HB213)
• 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (57-Y 41-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-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 (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) passage
• 2020-02-27 Enrolled
• 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB213ER)
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
• 2020-03-06 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1154 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e68dcf2a-8e54-4cc5-b9cf-9fe81945f6d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).