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Bill

Voter registration; automatic voter registration.

Voter registration; automatic voter registration. Provides for the automatic electronic transmission by the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Elections of certain information for any person coming into an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles or accessing its website in order to (i) apply for, replace, or renew a driver's license; (ii) apply for, replace, or renew a special identification card; or (iii) change an address on an existing driver's license or special identification card if the person indicates that he is a United States citizen and is 17 years of age or older and, at the time of the transaction, does not decline to have his information transmitted to the Department of Elections for voter registration purposes. The option to decline to have his information so transmitted shall be presented at the time of one of the specified transactions with the Department of Motor Vehicles and shall be accompanied by a warning that intentionally making a materially false statement during the transaction is punishable under Virginia law as a felony. Upon receipt of the information collected to ensure that the person meets all voter registration eligibility requirements, the Department of Elections is required to determine whether the person is already registered to vote. If the person is not already registered to vote, the Department of Elections is required to transmit the information to the appropriate general registrar. The bill repeals the requirement that the Department of Motor Vehicles offer, accept, receive, and send voter registration applications. This bill is identical to SB 219.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 235

Virginia HB 235 (2020)

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enacted

Joshua G. Cole

2019-12-29

2020-04-09

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ocd-bill/a1415124-3a58-4844-97c1-a756031c7a88

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB235

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia HB 235 (2020) — Voter registration; automatic voter registration.

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0908) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB235ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB235H1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB235) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Senate insisted on amendment (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N) — 4–2 (pass) · lower
Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (9-Y 5-N) — 9–5 (pass) · upper
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 46-N) — 52–46 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N) — 53–45 (pass) · lower
VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 96-N) — 1–95 (fail) · lower
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2019-12-29 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103205D introduction
2019-12-29 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
2020-01-14 Assigned P & E sub: Elections referral-committee
2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
2020-02-07 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-07 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB235)
2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20106926D-H1 substitution
2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20106926D-H1
2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB235H1
2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB235H1)
2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-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 with amendment (9-Y 5-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 Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-24 Committee amendment agreed to
2020-02-24 Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-02-24 Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N) passage
2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-26 Senate amendment rejected by House (1-Y 96-N)
2020-02-26 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 96-N)
2020-02-28 Senate insisted on amendment (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Senate requested conference committee
2020-03-02 House acceded to request
2020-03-02 Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-03 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 46-N)
2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 46-N)
2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
2020-03-18 Enrolled
2020-03-18 Signed by President
2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB235ER)
2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 908 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1415124-3a58-4844-97c1-a756031c7a88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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