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Bill Absentee voting; third-party absentee ballot assembly and distribution. Absentee voting; third-party absentee ballotassembly and distribution. Permits a general registrar to contractwith a third party for the printing, assembly, and mailing of absenteeballots. The bill directs the State Board of Elections to adopt emergencyregulations to implement the provisions of the bill and for thoseregulations to include processes to ensure secure and timely deliveryof voter information to contractors and reports of mailed absenteeballots from contractors. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 SB 1239 Virginia SB 1239 (2021)
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Virginia SB 1239 (2021) — Absentee voting; third-party absentee ballot assembly and distribution.

Absentee voting; third-party absentee ballotassembly and distribution. Permits a general registrar to contractwith a third party for the printing, assembly, and mailing of absenteeballots. The bill directs the State Board of Elections to adopt emergencyregulations to implement the provisions of the bill and for thoseregulations to include processes to ensure secure and timely deliveryof voter information to contractors and reports of mailed absenteeballots from contractors.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0246 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100930D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB1239ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 1-N) — 201 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) — 2712 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (70-Y 30-N) — 6930 (pass) · lower
  • Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 2-N 2-A) — 112 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • John J. Bell — primary (person)
  • Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100930D introduction
  • 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2021-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB1239)
  • 2021-01-19 Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 2-N 2-A) 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 (27-Y 12-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 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-17 Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-19 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-22 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-22 Passed House (70-Y 30-N) passage
  • 2021-02-22 VOTE: Passage (70-Y 30-N)
  • 2021-02-24 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB1239ER)
  • 2021-02-24 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-25 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 246 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8540d190-0587-45bf-9b5b-4c4cde0c02dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).