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| Bill | Absentee voting; witness signature not required. | Absentee voting; witness signature not required. Repeals the requirement that an absentee ballot be opened in thepresence of a witness and signed by such witness. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1097 | Virginia SB 1097 (2021) |
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4 | 34 | 10 | 2020-11-09 | 2021-03-18 | openstates | ocd-bill/eee3da6c-7848-4158-bc54-0506d4e6541b | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1097 | 813a8ad6ac7cba958bd9ffbd904565d3e1efa615b57ef373b58c50b33fdb485b | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia SB 1097 (2021) — Absentee voting; witness signature not required.
Absentee voting; witness signature not required. Repeals the requirement that an absentee ballot be opened in thepresence of a witness and signed by such witness.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0235 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21200289D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100137D (committee substitute) — source
- SB1097ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 54–45 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-11-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100137D
introduction - 2020-11-09 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2021-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB1097)
- 2021-01-19 Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-22 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-01-25 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-02 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections
- 2021-02-10 Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
referral-committee - 2021-02-16 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 2021-02-17 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-17 Committee substitute printed 21200289D-H1
substitution - 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB1097H1)
- 2021-02-19 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-22 Committee substitute agreed to 21200289D-H1
- 2021-02-22 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1097H1
- 2021-02-22 Passed House with substitute (55-Y 45-N)
passage - 2021-02-22 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- 2021-02-23 House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
- 2021-02-23 Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-23 House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
- 2021-02-23 Title replaced 21200289D-H1
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled
- 2021-02-25 Signed by President
- 2021-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB1097ER)
- 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 235 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eee3da6c-7848-4158-bc54-0506d4e6541b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).