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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 HB 1735. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 991 Virginia SB 991 (2025)
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Virginia SB 991 (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 HB 1735.

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

  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 1-N) — 211 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House (89-Y 8-N) — 898 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102477D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2025-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB991)
  • 2025-01-21 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-23 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-23 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-01-24 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-24 Engrossed by Senate
  • 2025-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-04 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-04 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-04 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2025-02-07 Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-11 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-12 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-12 Passed House (89-Y 8-N) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-17 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB991ER) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB991)
  • 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-02-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-02-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 559 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0559)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc65c594-7f91-47fd-baed-606ba2713d83. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).