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| Bill | Absentee voting; establishment of drop-off locations preprocessing returned absentee ballots. | Absentee voting; establishment of drop-off locations; ballot defects; cure process. Requires the establishment of a drop-off location for the return of marked absentee ballots at the office of the general registrar and each voter satellite office. On the day of any election, a drop-off location shall be available at each polling place in operation for such election. The bill allows the general registrar of any county or city to establish additional drop-off locations within the county or city as he deems necessary. The Department of Elections is required to set standards related to the establishment and operation of drop-off locations, including security requirements. The bill also requires general registrars to take certain actions to preprocess absentee ballots returned before election day and to notify an absentee voter of any errors or issues with the completion or return of his absentee ballot that would render the ballot void. The general registrars are required to enter into the voter's record in the registration system that the voter's absentee ballot has an issue requiring correction and to notify the voter in writing or by email of the error or failure, in addition to providing information on how to correct the issue. The absentee voter then has until noon on the third day following the election to make necessary corrections so that his ballot may be counted. This ballot cure process applies only to those absentee ballots received by the Friday immediately preceding the day of the election. The bill contains technical amendments for organizational purposes. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1245 | Virginia SB 1245 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1245 (2021) — Absentee voting; establishment of drop-off locations preprocessing returned absentee ballots.
Absentee voting; establishment of drop-off locations; ballot defects; cure process. Requires the establishment of a drop-off location for the return of marked absentee ballots at the office of the general registrar and each voter satellite office. On the day of any election, a drop-off location shall be available at each polling place in operation for such election. The bill allows the general registrar of any county or city to establish additional drop-off locations within the county or city as he deems necessary. The Department of Elections is required to set standards related to the establishment and operation of drop-off locations, including security requirements. The bill also requires general registrars to take certain actions to preprocess absentee ballots returned before election day and to notify an absentee voter of any errors or issues with the completion or return of his absentee ballot that would render the ballot void. The general registrars are required to enter into the voter's record in the registration system that the voter's absentee ballot has an issue requiring correction and to notify the voter in writing or by email of the error or failure, in addition to providing information on how to correct the issue. The absentee voter then has until noon on the third day following the election to make necessary corrections so that his ballot may be counted. This ballot cure process applies only to those absentee ballots received by the Friday immediately preceding the day of the election. The bill contains technical amendments for organizational purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0522 (committee substitute) — source
- SB1245ER (committee substitute) — source
- SB1245ER2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agree To (55-Y 45-N) — 54–45 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
- 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
- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100967D
introduction - 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2021-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB1245)
- 2021-01-26 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-26 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-26 Committee substitute printed 21103751D-S1
substitution - 2021-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-29 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-01-29 Reading of substitute waived
- 2021-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 21103751D-S1
- 2021-01-29 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1245S1
- 2021-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB1245S1)
- 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-05 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 21200180D-H1
substitution - 2021-02-19 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB1245H1)
- 2021-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-22 Committee substitute agreed to 21200180D-H1
- 2021-02-22 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1245H1
- 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 (21-Y 18-N)
- 2021-02-23 Title replaced 21200180D-H1
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled
- 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB1245ER)
- 2021-02-25 Signed by President
- 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
- 2021-03-31 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 2021-04-07 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N)
- 2021-04-07 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (55-Y 45-N)
- 2021-04-07 VOTE: Agree To (55-Y 45-N)
- 2021-04-07 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2021-04-07 Reenrolled
- 2021-04-07 Reenrolled bill text (SB1245ER2)
- 2021-04-07 Reenrolled bill text reprinted (SB1245ER2)
- 2021-04-07 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2021-04-07 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2021-04-07 Enacted, Chapter 522 (effective 7/1/21)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ffc37af-4b41-481b-992b-63daecc4581c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).