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type: "Bill"
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title: "Absentee voting; third-party absentee ballot assembly and distribution."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 1239"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1239 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-11"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8540d190-0587-45bf-9b5b-4c4cde0c02dd"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1239"
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source_hash: "82d621c88fda2b210fc81b11200ce1b2c0411c646f61756e359f0b3a5b8887a8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1239 (2021) — Absentee voting; third-party absentee ballot assembly and distribution.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0246** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0246)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100930D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1239)
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3. **SB1239ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1239ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) — **27–12** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (70-Y 30-N) — **69–30** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 2-N 2-A) — **11–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John J. Bell — primary (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100930D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB1239)
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- **2021-01-19** Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 2-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections
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- **2021-02-10** Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-17** Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** Passed House (70-Y 30-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-22** VOTE: Passage (70-Y 30-N)
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- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1239ER)
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- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 246 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8540d190-0587-45bf-9b5b-4c4cde0c02dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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