republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-605.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 HB 441.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 605	Virginia SB 605 (2024)	bill		enacted	Suhas Subramanyam	4	33	8	2024-01-10	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/985ff41c-608d-455b-a0d5-1f886a076223	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB605	4429f58082844b1f6a7b642849d6570ccb48d509255f6bc17fc9ea1fad73ea8c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 605 (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 HB 441.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0515 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107791D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104168D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB605ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 0-N 3-A) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Suhas Subramanyam — primary (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Stella G. Pekarsky — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104168D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB605)
• 2024-01-23 Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 0-N 3-A) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-26 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-29 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
• 2024-01-29 Passed by for the day
• 2024-01-30 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-16 Committee substitute printed 24107791D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB605H1)
• 2024-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 24107791D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB605H1 substitution
• 2024-02-21 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-23 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-23 Title replaced 24107791D-H1
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB605ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB605ER)
• 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
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 515 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0515)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/985ff41c-608d-455b-a0d5-1f886a076223. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).