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| Bill | General registrar; qualifications, residency. | General registrar; qualifications, residency. Allows a county or city with a population of 50,000 or less to appoint a general registrar that is not a qualified voter of the county or city. Under current law, only counties or cities with a population of 25,000 or less may do so. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1281 | Virginia SB 1281 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1281 (2021) — General registrar; qualifications, residency.
General registrar; qualifications, residency. Allows a county or city with a population of 50,000 or less to appoint a general registrar that is not a qualified voter of the county or city. Under current law, only counties or cities with a population of 25,000 or less may do so.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0482 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101704D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 21101704D-E (committee substitute) — source
- SB1281ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — 53–46 (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N) — 31–8 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101704D
introduction - 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB1281)
- 2021-01-19 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-19 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
committee-passage - 2021-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-22 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-01-22 Reading of amendments waived
- 2021-01-22 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2021-01-22 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1281E
- 2021-01-22 Printed as engrossed 21101704D-E
- 2021-01-25 Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB1281E)
- 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 Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-15 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-15 Passed House (54-Y 46-N)
passage - 2021-02-15 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
- 2021-02-17 Enrolled
- 2021-02-17 Signed by President
- 2021-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB1281ER)
- 2021-02-18 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 22, 2021
- 2021-02-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 482 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11880e92-4b90-4997-8ce1-23a97ede08a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).