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| Bill | Protected voter status; certain evidence not required. | Protected voter status; certain evidence notrequired. Removes the requirement that a person who is in fearfor his personal safety from another person who has threatened orstalked him must provide evidence that he has filed a complaint witha magistrate or law-enforcement official against such other person in order to be granted protected voter status. The bill does not eliminate the requirement that he submit a signed written statementthat he is in fear for his personal safety for him to be grantedprotected voter status. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 241 | Virginia HB 241 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 241 (2020) — Protected voter status; certain evidence not required.
Protected voter status; certain evidence notrequired. Removes the requirement that a person who is in fearfor his personal safety from another person who has threatened orstalked him must provide evidence that he has filed a complaint witha magistrate or law-enforcement official against such other person in order to be granted protected voter status. The bill does not eliminate the requirement that he submit a signed written statementthat he is in fear for his personal safety for him to be grantedprotected voter status.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB241ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB241) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — 5–1 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (19-Y 17-N) — 19–17 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (73-Y 26-N) — 72–26 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101468D
introduction - 2019-12-30 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 (HB241)
- 2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
- 2020-01-31 Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 3-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 (73-Y 26-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (73-Y 26-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 (12-Y 3-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 (19-Y 17-N)
passage - 2020-03-05 Enrolled
- 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB241ER)
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-06 Signed by President
- 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
- 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 710 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66b5535d-8367-4332-86af-4dcf91f52824. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).