republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-666.md

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Bill	Voter registration; notification of denial.	Voter registration; notification of denial. Requires notice of a denial of an application for voter registration to be provided by the general registrar to the applicant within five days of the denial. This notice is required to be given in writing and in whatever form selected by the applicant on the voter registration application. The bill requires the registration application to request that the applicant provide his telephone number and email address and to allow the applicant to indicate a preferred method of communication. If the general registrar is able to reach the applicant by telephone, corrections may be made by the applicant by telephone. The bill contains technical amendments.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 666	Virginia SB 666 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jennifer B. Boysko	4	34	7	2020-01-07	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/00eaa01c-6c6e-4bed-96bb-0cfc8b870a84	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB666	d7a7df6f0cc7fc1edc92125cc5d99dbaf06ca5dd974a2519267ba2c28d248c4f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 666 (2020) — Voter registration; notification of denial.

Voter registration; notification of denial. Requires notice of a denial of an application for voter registration to be provided by the general registrar to the applicant within five days of the denial. This notice is required to be given in writing and in whatever form selected by the applicant on the voter registration application. The bill requires the registration application to request that the applicant provide his telephone number and email address and to allow the applicant to indicate a preferred method of communication. If the general registrar is able to reach the applicant by telephone, corrections may be made by the applicant by telephone. The bill contains technical amendments.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0857) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB666ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB666E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB666) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (12-Y 8-N) — 12–8 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 54–45 (pass) · lower
• House amendments agreed to by Senate (20-Y 17-N) — 20–17 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (4-Y 2-N) — 4–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101350D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB666)
• 2020-01-28 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-31 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-01-31 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-01-31 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB666E
• 2020-01-31 Printed as engrossed 20101350D-E
• 2020-01-31 Engrossed bill reprinted 20101350D-E
• 2020-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB666E)
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Assigned P & E sub: Elections referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (4-Y 2-N)
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (12-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-26 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-26 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2020-02-26 Passed House with amendments (55-Y 45-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
• 2020-02-28 House amendments agreed to by Senate (20-Y 17-N)
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB666ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-07 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
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 857 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00eaa01c-6c6e-4bed-96bb-0cfc8b870a84. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).