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Bill

Voter registration; public access not required for certain events.

Voter registration; notice and public accessnot required for certain voter registration events. Providesthat voter registration conducted in a high school or at the locationof a naturalization ceremony and voter registration events sponsoredor conducted by an entity or organization that the general registraror an assistant registrar attends as an invitee are not requiredto be open to the public. Currently, opportunities for voter registrationare required to be provided at sites open to the public. The billalso provides that notice is not required for voter registrationevents that are not open to the public that the general registraror an assistant registrar attends or voter registration events thatthe general registrar or an assistant registrar attends as an invitee.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 857

Virginia SB 857 (2020)

bill

enacted

Adam P. Ebbin

2020-01-08

2020-04-07

openstates

ocd-bill/64d0cceb-f1e1-4703-928d-4369782ee213

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB857

d21cbc4209cb39c6096efa83885c01470c8ca21514272f3706f1509cd2ed6582

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

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us-va

Virginia SB 857 (2020) — Voter registration; public access not required for certain events.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0858) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB857ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB857S1 (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB857E (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB857) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: Passage (63-Y 37-N) — 62–37 (pass) · lower
Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) — 28–12 (pass) · upper
Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 5-N) — 15–5 (pass) · lower
Committee amendments rejected (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — 5–1 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103557D introduction
2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
2020-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB857)
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 SB857E
2020-01-31 Printed as engrossed 20103557D-E
2020-02-03 Passed by for the day
2020-02-05 Floor substitute printed 20107675D-S1 (Ebbin)
2020-02-05 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05 Committee amendments rejected (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-05 Substitute by Senator Ebbin agreed to 20107675D-S1
2020-02-05 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB857S1
2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05 Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) passage
2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB857S1)
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 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
2020-02-21 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 5-N) committee-passage
2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-26 Passed House (63-Y 37-N) passage
2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (63-Y 37-N)
2020-03-04 Enrolled
2020-03-05 Signed by President
2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB857ER)
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 858 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64d0cceb-f1e1-4703-928d-4369782ee213. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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