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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.

  1. CHAP0785 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 23105545D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Governor's substitute printed 23107784D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB1948ER (committee substitute) — source
  5. HB1948ER2 (committee substitute) — source
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100850D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 2-N) — 00 (fail) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) — 00 (fail) · upper
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 00 (fail) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 00 (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).