republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2125.md

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Bill	Voter registration; preregistration of persons 16 years of age or older, effective date.	Voter registration; preregistration for persons 16 years of age or older. Permits a person who is otherwise qualified to register to vote and is 16 years of age or older, but who will not be 18 years of age on or before the day of the next general election, to preregister to vote. The preregistration does not entitle such person to vote in any election except as already permitted by law. The bill requires the Department of Elections to maintain a record of all preregistered voters in the Virginia voter registration system, which shall automatically register a person who is preregistered upon that person reaching 18 years or age or becoming eligible for advance registration as already permitted by law, whichever comes first. The bill requires the Department to provide to the general registrars voter confirmation documents for such voters. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2022.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2125	Virginia HB 2125 (2021)	bill		enacted	Alfonso H. Lopez	4	30	7	2021-01-12	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/df971671-af83-4c39-b15b-26caed841689	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2125	27ad932c0f0e83368ed948d58a1a3e66c4a10aa43d9fba7d6551571b58358651	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2125 (2021) — Voter registration; preregistration of persons 16 years of age or older, effective date.

Voter registration; preregistration for persons 16 years of age or older. Permits a person who is otherwise qualified to register to vote and is 16 years of age or older, but who will not be 18 years of age on or before the day of the next general election, to preregister to vote. The preregistration does not entitle such person to vote in any election except as already permitted by law. The bill requires the Department of Elections to maintain a record of all preregistered voters in the Virginia voter registration system, which shall automatically register a person who is preregistered upon that person reaching 18 years or age or becoming eligible for advance registration as already permitted by law, whichever comes first. The bill requires the Department to provide to the general registrars voter confirmation documents for such voters. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2022.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0217 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2125ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100907D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 21100907D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N) — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 3-N) — 11–3 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N) — 20–17 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N) — 53–45 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
• Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100907D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2021-01-15 Assigned P & E sub: Voting Rights referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB2125)
• 2021-01-20 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N)
• 2021-01-27 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-29 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-01-29 Pending question ordered
• 2021-01-29 Engrossed by House as amended HB2125E
• 2021-01-29 Printed as engrossed 21100907D-E
• 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-01 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
• 2021-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB2125E)
• 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 (11-Y 3-N) 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 (HB2125ER)
• 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 217 (effective 10/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df971671-af83-4c39-b15b-26caed841689. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).