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| Bill | Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections. | Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections. Reduces from 21 to 10 days the number of days during which registration records are closed before primary and general elections and from 13 to 10 days the number of days during which registration records are closed before special elections that are not called by the Governor, Speaker of the House of Delegates, or President pro tempore of the Senate. This bill is identical to SB 991. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1735 | Virginia HB 1735 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1735 (2025) — Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections.
Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections. Reduces from 21 to 10 days the number of days during which registration records are closed before primary and general elections and from 13 to 10 days the number of days during which registration records are closed before special elections that are not called by the Governor, Speaker of the House of Delegates, or President pro tempore of the Senate. This bill is identical to SB 991.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N) — 94–3 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101671D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-04 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2025-01-12 Assigned PE sub: Election Administration
referral-committee - 2025-01-13 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-17 Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1735)
- 2025-01-21 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-22 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-23 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-24 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2025-02-11 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-13 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-14 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-14 Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-19 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1735ER)
passage - 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1735)
- 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-22 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 548 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0548)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8f4e35b-1c83-45d7-96ae-660597cb35af. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).