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type: "Bill"
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title: "Absentee voting; deadline for returning absentee ballot."
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description: "Absentee voting; counting military and overseas absentee ballots received after close of polls on election day. Provides that absentee ballots cast by military and overseas absentee voters that are (i) received after the close of the polls on any election day but before 5:00 p.m. on the fourth business day before the State Board of Elections meets to ascertain the results of the election and (ii) postmarked on or before the date of such election are to be counted if the voter is found entitled to vote. The bill provides that a postmark includes any other official indicia of confirmation of mailing by the United States Postal Service or other postal or delivery service. Under current law, such ballots cast by military and overseas absentee voters would be counted in this manner regardless of the date of any postmark, but only if the absentee ballot had been requested on or before, but not sent by, the deadline for making absentee ballots available."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 455"
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citation: "Virginia SB 455 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e357f99-805b-49fc-ba41-840bc72aae12"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB455"
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source_hash: "d88217fb9a512560a7a6f8fbd05e68b05f1aac8c22ce02d9c56c82b56595bd56"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 455 (2020) — Absentee voting; deadline for returning absentee ballot.
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Absentee voting; counting military and overseas absentee ballots received after close of polls on election day. Provides that absentee ballots cast by military and overseas absentee voters that are (i) received after the close of the polls on any election day but before 5:00 p.m. on the fourth business day before the State Board of Elections meets to ascertain the results of the election and (ii) postmarked on or before the date of such election are to be counted if the voter is found entitled to vote. The bill provides that a postmark includes any other official indicia of confirmation of mailing by the United States Postal Service or other postal or delivery service. Under current law, such ballots cast by military and overseas absentee voters would be counted in this manner regardless of the date of any postmark, but only if the absentee ballot had been requested on or before, but not sent by, the deadline for making absentee ballots available.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0933)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0933)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB455ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB455ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB455E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB455E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB455)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB455)
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5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB455H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB455H1)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 2-N) — **92–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
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- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
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- Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102170D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB455)
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- **2020-01-14** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-17** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-01-17** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-01-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB455E
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- **2020-01-17** Printed as engrossed 20102170D-E
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- **2020-01-20** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB455E)
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** Assigned P & E sub: Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
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- **2020-02-28** Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-28** Committee substitute printed 20109377D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB455H1)
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- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 20109377D-H1
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- **2020-03-04** Passed by temporarily
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- **2020-03-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB455H1
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- **2020-03-04** Passed House with substitute (93-Y 2-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Passage (93-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-03-05** House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Title replaced 20109377D-H1
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB455ER)
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
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- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 933 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e357f99-805b-49fc-ba41-840bc72aae12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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