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Bill

Elections, Department of; appropriations to provide prepaid postage for return of absentee ballots.

Appropriation; Department of Elections. Appropriates $2,000,000 to the Department of Elections to be usedto provide prepaid postage for the return of absentee ballots forthe November 3, 2020, election. The bill requires that such prepaidpostage be provided by localities, which will be reimbursed by theDepartment out of the appropriation. The bill also makes other procedural changes for absentee voting for the November 3, 2020, election,including directing the State Board of Elections to promulgate emergencyregulations for the establishment and operation of drop-off locationsfor completed ballots.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020specialI

SB 5120

Virginia SB 5120 (2020specialI)

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enacted

2020-08-21

2020-09-04

openstates

ocd-bill/11dcc478-554b-427a-b71f-0dc9bcc3327d

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5120

0992208b4bff38771a916fadbf36ea38088786769a327eb018f1ae73fd0b6115

2026-07-01

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

2026-07-06

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us-va

Virginia SB 5120 (2020specialI) — Elections, Department of; appropriations to provide prepaid postage for return of absentee ballots.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0001) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5120ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendment SB5120ES2 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (SB5120S1) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (SB5120S1) (committee substitute) — source
SB5120S2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 5-N) — 11–5 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — 54–43 (pass) · lower
Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) — 13–8 (pass) · lower
Amendment by Senator Ruff rejected (15-Y 21-N) — 15–21 (fail) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) — 21–16 (pass) · upper
Amendment #2 by Senator Newman rejected (15-Y 21-N) — 15–21 (fail) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-08-21 Presented and ordered printed 20200923D introduction
2020-08-21 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-08-24 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 5-N) committee-passage
2020-08-24 Committee substitute printed 20200947D-S1 substitution
2020-08-26 Impact statement from VCSC (SB5120S1)
2020-08-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N)
2020-08-27 Floor substitute printed 20201001D-S2 (Howell)
2020-08-27 Read second time reading-2
2020-08-27 Reading of substitute waived
2020-08-27 Committee substitute rejected 20200947D-S1
2020-08-27 Reading of substitute waived
2020-08-27 Substitute by Senator Howell agreed to 20201001D-S2
2020-08-27 Reading of amendment waived
2020-08-27 Amendment by Senator Deeds agreed to amendment-passage
2020-08-27 Reading of amendments waived
2020-08-27 Amendment #1 by Senator Newman out of order
2020-08-27 Amendment #2 by Senator Newman rejected (15-Y 21-N) amendment-failure
2020-08-27 Reading of amendment waived
2020-08-27 Amendment by Senator Ruff rejected (15-Y 21-N) amendment-failure
2020-08-27 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendment SB5120ES2
2020-08-27 Printed as engrossed 20201001D-ES2
2020-08-28 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) passage, reading-3
2020-09-02 Placed on Calendar
2020-09-02 Read first time reading-1
2020-09-02 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
2020-09-02 Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) committee-passage
2020-09-03 Read second time reading-2
2020-09-04 Read third time reading-3
2020-09-04 Passed by temporarily
2020-09-04 Passed House (55-Y 43-N) passage
2020-09-04 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
2020-09-04 Enrolled
2020-09-04 Signed by President
2020-09-04 Signed by Speaker
2020-09-04 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on September 4, 2020
2020-09-04 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., September 11, 2020
2020-09-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1 (effective 9/4/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11dcc478-554b-427a-b71f-0dc9bcc3327d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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