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type: "Bill"
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title: "Absentee voting; accessibility for voters with a visual impairment or print disability."
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description: "Absentee voting; accessibility for voters witha visual impairment or print disability. Requires the Departmentof Elections to make available to all localities a tool to allowvoters with a visual impairment or print disability to electronicallyand accessibly receive and mark his absentee ballot using screenreader assistive technology. On receipt of an application for an absentee ballot from an applicant who indicates that he will require assistance due to a visual impairment or print disability, the general registrar is required to offer to provide to the applicant the ballotmarking tool with screen reader assistive technology."
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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 1331"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1331 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/202e851e-391f-4b45-84fa-6892ac366bae"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1331"
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source_hash: "115dadfc56af991bcf42a91b81753c916fa92db88b5ab2c0861f427f574cf2ea"
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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 1331 (2021) — Absentee voting; accessibility for voters with a visual impairment or print disability.
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Absentee voting; accessibility for voters witha visual impairment or print disability. Requires the Departmentof Elections to make available to all localities a tool to allowvoters with a visual impairment or print disability to electronicallyand accessibly receive and mark his absentee ballot using screenreader assistive technology. On receipt of an application for an absentee ballot from an applicant who indicates that he will require assistance due to a visual impairment or print disability, the general registrar is required to offer to provide to the applicant the ballotmarking tool with screen reader assistive technology.
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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. **CHAP0255** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0255)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102849D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1331)
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3. **SB1331ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1331ER)
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## Votes
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
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- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102849D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1331)
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- **2021-01-26** Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-01** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-05** 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 with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-17** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-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** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2021-02-22** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2021-02-22** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-23** House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1331ER)
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- **2021-02-26** 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 255 (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/202e851e-391f-4b45-84fa-6892ac366bae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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