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| 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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3 | 24 | 7 | 2021-01-11 | 2021-03-18 | openstates | ocd-bill/5a35d09a-baf6-4255-9737-369db72f3663 | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1968 | 2b97d1545ac312922b7377cce00bd5e5308b941a7a7b91f397a07a799c0ea4f9 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
- CHAP0204 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1968ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102134D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 54–45 (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) — 4–2 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N) — 20–17 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 2-N 3-A) — 10–2 (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).