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| Bill | Absentee voting; removes witness requirement, required information on return ballot envelope. | Absentee voting; removes witness requirement, required information on return ballot envelope. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2023 | HB 1948 | Virginia HB 1948 (2023) |
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Virginia HB 1948 (2023) — Absentee voting; removes witness requirement, required information on return ballot envelope.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0785 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 23105545D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Governor's substitute printed 23107784D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1948ER (committee substitute) — source
- HB1948ER2 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100850D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 2-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
Sponsors
- Bloxom — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100850D
filing, introduction - 2023-01-10 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2023-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB1948)
- 2023-01-23 Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2023-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2023-01-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2023-01-27 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2023-01-27 Committee substitute printed 23105545D-H1
substitution - 2023-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (HB1948H1)
- 2023-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2023-02-01 Read second time
reading-2 - 2023-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 23105545D-H1
substitution - 2023-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1948H1
substitution - 2023-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2023-02-02 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2023-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2023-02-03 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2023-02-14 Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2023-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2023-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2023-02-17 Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N)
passage - 2023-02-22 Enrolled
enrolled - 2023-02-22 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1948ER)
passage - 2023-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1948ER)
- 2023-02-22 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2023-02-24 Signed by President
passage - 2023-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2023-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
executive-receipt - 2023-03-27 Governor's recommendation received by House
executive-veto-line-item - 2023-03-27 Governor's substitute printed 23107784D-H2
- 2023-04-12 Placed on Calendar
- 2023-04-12 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N)
- 2023-04-12 VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- 2023-04-12 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2023-04-12 Governor's recommendation adopted
executive-signature - 2023-04-12 Reenrolled
enrolled - 2023-04-12 Reenrolled bill text (HB1948ER2)
enrolled - 2023-04-12 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2023-04-12 Signed by President as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2023-04-12 Enacted, Chapter 785 (effective 7/1/23)
became-law - 2023-04-12 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0785)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b58cdef4-d0a8-4eeb-8705-72e482ca196f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).