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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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N) — 943 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 2-N) — 192 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (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).