republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-872.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Voter registration by mail; certain first-time voters permitted to vote by absentee ballot.	Voter registration by mail; certain first-time voters permitted to vote by absentee ballot. Adds to the list of exceptions to the requirement that first-time voters who registered to vote by mail must vote in person those voters who are entitled under current law to vote by absentee ballot because they are confined while awaiting trial or for having been convicted of a misdemeanor. This bill incorporates HB 185.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 872	Virginia HB 872 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jeffrey M. Bourne	4	28	6	2020-01-07	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/5351438e-6646-4fcd-b1ba-d26b1e53a634	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB872	57986437b91e848ebfda2e24182359dcb05cb954b6d8e8c81c54b84955b05821	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 872 (2020) — Voter registration by mail; certain first-time voters permitted to vote by absentee ballot.

Voter registration by mail; certain first-time voters permitted to vote by absentee ballot. Adds to the list of exceptions to the requirement that first-time voters who registered to vote by mail must vote in person those voters who are entitled under current law to vote by absentee ballot because they are confined while awaiting trial or for having been convicted of a misdemeanor. This bill incorporates HB 185.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB872ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB872H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB872) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — 54–44 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N) — 20–17 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jeffrey M. Bourne — primary (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101730D introduction
• 2020-01-07 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 (HB872)
• 2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
• 2020-01-31 Committee substitute printed 20107265D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-31 Incorporates HB185 (Simon)
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 20107265D-H1
• 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB872H1
• 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB872H1)
• 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 Impact statement from DPB (HB872ER)
• 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 718 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5351438e-6646-4fcd-b1ba-d26b1e53a634. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).