republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-989.md

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Bill	Elections administration; duties of Dept. of Elections, required election and voter participation.	Elections administration; duties of the Departmentof Elections; required election and voter participation informationon the Internet. Requires the Department of Elections to provide information for voters on its website, including (i) the role ofand contact information for the State Board of Elections, the Departmentof Elections, local electoral boards, and general registrars and(ii) information about absentee voting, polling hours, Virginia'svoter identification requirements and acceptable forms of identification,the casting of ballots, and a means for voters to find their pollingplace. The bill requires such website to allow a voter to reviewany information about himself that is kept in the statewide voterregistration database. The bill also requires that the Departmentprovide a version of its website in which all parts are translatedinto any language that is spoken by a language minority group, includingthat any page linked to a translated page also be translated.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 989	Virginia HB 989 (2024)	bill		enacted	Kathy K.L. Tran	4	32	7	2024-01-09	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/cee0c1b9-f6fe-4af7-9cd5-e98b3c28c8fb	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB989	51320d8b77fa2fded3673c915102534fc2988115206623e12b5a1ecdc1799bf3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 989 (2024) — Elections administration; duties of Dept. of Elections, required election and voter participation.

Elections administration; duties of the Departmentof Elections; required election and voter participation informationon the Internet. Requires the Department of Elections to provide information for voters on its website, including (i) the role ofand contact information for the State Board of Elections, the Departmentof Elections, local electoral boards, and general registrars and(ii) information about absentee voting, polling hours, Virginia'svoter identification requirements and acceptable forms of identification,the casting of ballots, and a means for voters to find their pollingplace. The bill requires such website to allow a voter to reviewany information about himself that is kept in the statewide voterregistration database. The bill also requires that the Departmentprovide a version of its website in which all parts are translatedinto any language that is spoken by a language minority group, includingthat any page linked to a translated page also be translated.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0406 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB989ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100784D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24100784D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N) — 87–11 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100784D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB989)
• 2024-02-05 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB989E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24100784D-E
• 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB989E)
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (88-Y 11-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB989ER) passage
• 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB989ER)
• 2024-03-07 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
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 406 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0406)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cee0c1b9-f6fe-4af7-9cd5-e98b3c28c8fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).