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Bill Provisional voting; persons voting in split precincts. Provisional voting; persons voting in splitprecincts. Provides that any voter who is assigned to a precinctthat is split between two or more election districts and who believeshe was given a ballot for the district of which he is not a qualifiedvoter may request, prior to casting the ballot, and shall be permittedto cast a provisional ballot for the district of which he believeshe is a qualified voter and for the district in which the pollbookindicates he is registered. The bill requires the ballots to besealed in envelopes labeled with the corresponding district numberand then sealed in the green envelope provided for all provisionalballots. At the meeting to determine the validity of all provisionalballots offered in the election, the electoral board shall verifyin which district the voter is qualified and count that ballot. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 43 Virginia HB 43 (2020)
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Virginia HB 43 (2020) — Provisional voting; persons voting in split precincts.

Provisional voting; persons voting in splitprecincts. Provides that any voter who is assigned to a precinctthat is split between two or more election districts and who believeshe was given a ballot for the district of which he is not a qualifiedvoter may request, prior to casting the ballot, and shall be permittedto cast a provisional ballot for the district of which he believeshe is a qualified voter and for the district in which the pollbookindicates he is registered. The bill requires the ballots to besealed in envelopes labeled with the corresponding district numberand then sealed in the green envelope provided for all provisionalballots. At the meeting to determine the validity of all provisionalballots offered in the election, the electoral board shall verifyin which district the voter is qualified and count that ballot.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0920) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB43ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB43) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (17-Y 5-N) — 175 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — 51 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-N) — 141 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N) — 8513 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (36-Y 1-N) — 361 (pass) · upper
  • Rereferred from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Mark L. Cole — primary (person)
  • Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
  • Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
  • Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
  • Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
  • Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
  • Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-11-20 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100823D introduction
  • 2019-11-20 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2020-01-14 Assigned P & E sub: Elections referral-committee
  • 2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB43)
  • 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
  • 2020-02-07 Reported from Privileges and Elections (17-Y 5-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 (86-Y 13-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N)
  • 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2020-02-17 Rereferred from Transportation (14-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-17 Rereferred to Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2020-02-25 Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-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 (36-Y 1-N) passage
  • 2020-03-05 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB43ER)
  • 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
  • 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 920 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2d1d078-38ed-471d-be88-8dfd5e26839b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).