republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-441.md

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Bill	Polling place; assistance for certain voters, clarifies definition of 'person with a disability.'	Assistance for certain voters outside of the polling place; definition of "person with a disability"; training. Amends the definition of "person with a disability" for purposes of the Elections title to mean any person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of his major life activities or who has a record of such impairment. The bill provides that any qualified voter who is a person with a disability shall be eligible for assistance outside of the polling place and makes technical amendments for consistency. The bill requires the training required for all officers of election to include specific training on voting outside of a polling place and directs the Department of Elections to incorporate into guidance documents for election officials the processes and procedures for voting outside of the polling place, including best practices for providing assistance for voters with disabilities. This bill is identical to SB 605.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 441	Virginia HB 441 (2024)	bill		enacted	Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker	4	30	6	2024-01-08	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/c1663e55-4da7-42d2-814d-e61996cbfa33	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB441	b7a6eb9f52bc5dc629e8dd41f4da988c69401cfc50ff4c58abb260622743d0c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 441 (2024) — Polling place; assistance for certain voters, clarifies definition of 'person with a disability.'

Assistance for certain voters outside of the polling place; definition of "person with a disability"; training. Amends the definition of "person with a disability" for purposes of the Elections title to mean any person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of his major life activities or who has a record of such impairment. The bill provides that any qualified voter who is a person with a disability shall be eligible for assistance outside of the polling place and makes technical amendments for consistency. The bill requires the training required for all officers of election to include specific training on voting outside of a polling place and directs the Department of Elections to incorporate into guidance documents for election officials the processes and procedures for voting outside of the polling place, including best practices for providing assistance for voters with disabilities. This bill is identical to SB 605.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. CHAP0191 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106596D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB441ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100437D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Geary Higgins — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100437D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB441)
• 2024-01-26 Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-02 Committee substitute printed 24106596D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-02 Incorporates HB43 (Thomas)
• 2024-02-02 Incorporates HB1222 (Higgins)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 24106596D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB441H1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB441ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB441ER)
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 191 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0191)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1663e55-4da7-42d2-814d-e61996cbfa33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).