republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-113.md

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Bill	Elections; soliciting or accepting bribe to influence or procure voter registration, penalty.	Elections; offenses; soliciting or accepting bribe to influence or procure voter registration; penalty. Provides that no person shall solicit or accept directly or indirectly any money or any thing of value in exchange for his or another's decision to register or not register to vote. The bill also provides certain exceptions to the prohibitions on soliciting or accepting bribes to influence a person to vote or to register to vote.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 113	Virginia HB 113 (2026)	bill		enacted	Dan I. Helmer	5	37	7	2026-01-02	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/364d6d47-6b45-40d9-8495-adc8dc86fbfb	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB113	3a873b67e0e1dbcef0e2983b519b6c38651e840adcb8273aa5ba7e6921480570	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 113 (2026) — Elections; soliciting or accepting bribe to influence or procure voter registration, penalty.

Elections; offenses; soliciting or accepting bribe to influence or procure voter registration; penalty. Provides that no person shall solicit or accept directly or indirectly any money or any thing of value in exchange for his or another's decision to register or not register to vote. The bill also provides certain exceptions to the prohibitions on soliciting or accepting bribes to influence a person to vote or to register to vote.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Privileges and Elections Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Privileges and Elections Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 95–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 91–5 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 22–17 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100343D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-02 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Assigned HPE sub: Voting Rights referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2026-01-30 House committee offered
• 2026-01-30 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB113)
• 2026-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-02 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-02 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
• 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB113)
• 2026-02-24 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-24 Committee substitute printed 26107632D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-26 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day
• 2026-02-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB113)
• 2026-03-02 Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-02 Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-04 Senate substitute agreed to by House (91-Y 5-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-11 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB113ER) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB113)
• 2026-03-11 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 909 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/364d6d47-6b45-40d9-8495-adc8dc86fbfb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).