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Bill Absentee voting; emergency voting. Absentee voting; emergency voting. Providesa process by which a qualified voter is permitted to vote by absenteeballot when an emergency either prevented him from applying for an absentee ballot by the deadline or will prevent him from voting inperson on election day. The bill also provides for the Commissionerof Elections to take administrative action to facilitate absenteevoting by those persons providing emergency or other services inan area in which a state of emergency has been declared. The billcontains technical amendments that consolidate current Code sectionsregarding emergency absentee voting. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 242 Virginia HB 242 (2020)
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Virginia HB 242 (2020) — Absentee voting; emergency voting.

Absentee voting; emergency voting. Providesa process by which a qualified voter is permitted to vote by absenteeballot when an emergency either prevented him from applying for an absentee ballot by the deadline or will prevent him from voting inperson on election day. The bill also provides for the Commissionerof Elections to take administrative action to facilitate absenteevoting by those persons providing emergency or other services inan area in which a state of emergency has been declared. The billcontains technical amendments that consolidate current Code sectionsregarding emergency absentee voting.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1157) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB242ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB242) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (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 20102154D introduction
  • 2019-12-30 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2020-01-13 Assigned P & E sub: Elections referral-committee
  • 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB242)
  • 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-07 Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-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 BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-11 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-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 (13-Y 0-N 1-A) 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 (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-27 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB242ER)
  • 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 1157 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b8eefb8-7f90-4691-9f0e-8d502221b992. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).