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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Absentee voting; availability on Sundays in office of general registrar or voter satellite office. Absentee voting; early in person; availabilityon Sundays. Permits the electoral board or general registrarof a county or city to provide absentee voting in person in the officeof the general registrar or voter satellite office on Sundays. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 1968 Virginia HB 1968 (2021)
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Virginia HB 1968 (2021) — Absentee voting; availability on Sundays in office of general registrar or voter satellite office.

Absentee voting; early in person; availabilityon Sundays. Permits the electoral board or general registrarof a county or city to provide absentee voting in person in the officeof the general registrar or voter satellite office on Sundays.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0204 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1968ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102134D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 5445 (pass) · lower
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) — 42 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N) — 139 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N) — 2017 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 2-N 3-A) — 102 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
  • Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
  • Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
  • Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
  • Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
  • Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
  • Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
  • Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102134D introduction
  • 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2021-01-14 Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration referral-committee
  • 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB1968)
  • 2021-01-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
  • 2021-01-20 Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-21 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-01-22 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-01-25 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-01-25 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
  • 2021-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-01-26 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 (10-Y 2-N 3-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 (20-Y 17-N) passage
  • 2021-02-24 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB1968ER)
  • 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 204 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a35d09a-baf6-4255-9737-369db72f3663. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).