Fabio
91 lines
5.3 KiB
Markdown
91 lines
5.3 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "Mail voter registration application forms; distribution to certain public and private institutions."
|
||
description: "Distribution of mail voter registration applicationforms; certain public and private institutions of higher education.Requires the Department of Elections to provide a reasonable numberof mail voter registration application forms to public institutionsof higher education, nonprofit private institutions of higher educationthat are eligible to participate in the Tuition Assistance GrantProgram, and any other education institution that is authorized toissue bonds. The bill requires the State Council of Higher Educationfor Virginia to assist the Department by providing a list of suchinstitutions and by requesting those institutions to make the mailvoter registration application forms available to students."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
|
||
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2020"
|
||
identifier: "HB 232"
|
||
citation: "Virginia HB 232 (2020)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: []
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
|
||
version_count: 3
|
||
action_count: 23
|
||
vote_count: 6
|
||
first_action: "2019-12-28"
|
||
last_action: "2020-04-09"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdceb721-d5b8-4f58-8aa5-9caf9d70698b"
|
||
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB232"
|
||
source_hash: "6f0dac48d11d36a56ab6a717dcd8bff93ad67e8a8d4756008dcd08667ed9b8f6"
|
||
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 232 (2020) — Mail voter registration application forms; distribution to certain public and private institutions.
|
||
|
||
Distribution of mail voter registration applicationforms; certain public and private institutions of higher education.Requires the Department of Elections to provide a reasonable numberof mail voter registration application forms to public institutionsof higher education, nonprofit private institutions of higher educationthat are eligible to participate in the Tuition Assistance GrantProgram, and any other education institution that is authorized toissue bonds. The bill requires the State Council of Higher Educationfor Virginia to assist the Department by providing a list of suchinstitutions and by requesting those institutions to make the mailvoter registration application forms available to students.
|
||
|
||
## Version chain
|
||
|
||
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
|
||
|
||
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0921)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0921)
|
||
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB232ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB232ER)
|
||
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB232)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB232)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N) — **20–17** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) — **4–2** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — **54–44** (pass) · lower
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
|
||
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
|
||
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
|
||
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
|
||
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2019-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100301D `introduction`
|
||
- **2019-12-28** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2020-01-13** Assigned P & E sub: Elections `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2020-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB232)
|
||
- **2020-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
|
||
- **2020-01-31** Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-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 (55-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
|
||
- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
|
||
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
|
||
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2020-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
|
||
- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
|
||
- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N) `passage`
|
||
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
|
||
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
|
||
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
|
||
- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB232ER)
|
||
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
|
||
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
|
||
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 921 (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/cdceb721-d5b8-4f58-8aa5-9caf9d70698b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
|
||
|