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Bill	Voter registration; failure of online voter registration system, deadline extension.	Voter registration; failure of online voter registration system; deadline extension. Provides that in the event that a failure of the Virginia online voter registration system occurs prior to the close of registration records, the Governor has the authority to order the online voter registration system to be available for registration activities after the date for closing the registration records for a period of time equal to the amount of time during which the online voter registration system was unavailable for registration activities, rounded up to the nearest whole day, plus an additional day to allow for voter education efforts. The extension of registration activities shall apply to in-person registration and mail voter registration applications.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 1810	Virginia HB 1810 (2021)	bill		enacted	Schuyler T. VanValkenburg	4	29	6	2021-01-05	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/2d064da8-de25-4d9a-89ce-ead68c4074f1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1810	131bd9a6b52dde31cbffc00f2435455c3658c79422e22be818bbd4979365105d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1810 (2021) — Voter registration; failure of online voter registration system, deadline extension.

Voter registration; failure of online voter registration system; deadline extension. Provides that in the event that a failure of the Virginia online voter registration system occurs prior to the close of registration records, the Governor has the authority to order the online voter registration system to be available for registration activities after the date for closing the registration records for a period of time equal to the amount of time during which the online voter registration system was unavailable for registration activities, rounded up to the nearest whole day, plus an additional day to allow for voter education efforts. The extension of registration activities shall apply to in-person registration and mail voter registration applications. 

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0159 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1810ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101534D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 21101534D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (34-Y 4-N) — 34–4 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101534D introduction
• 2021-01-05 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2021-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB1810)
• 2021-01-13 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-13 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-18 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-01-18 Engrossed by House as amended HB1810E
• 2021-01-18 Engrossment reconsidered by House
• 2021-01-18 Engrossed by House as amended HB1810E
• 2021-01-18 Printed as engrossed 21101534D-E
• 2021-01-19 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB1810E)
• 2021-01-19 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-01-20 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-16 Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2021-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-19 Passed Senate (34-Y 4-N) passage
• 2021-02-24 Enrolled
• 2021-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB1810ER)
• 2021-02-24 Signed by President
• 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
• 2021-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 159 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d064da8-de25-4d9a-89ce-ead68c4074f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).