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| Bill | Absentee voting; emergency application for absentee ballot. | Absentee voting; emergency application for absentee ballot. Provides that a qualified voter may apply for an emergency absentee ballot if he has applied to receive an absentee ballot by the deadline but has not received his ballot within 10 days of the election and will be unable to vote on election day due to his hospitalization or illness, the hospitalization, illness, or death of a spouse, child, or parent, or other emergency found to justify receipt of an emergency absentee ballot. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1244 | Virginia HB 1244 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1244 (2026) — Absentee voting; emergency application for absentee ballot.
Absentee voting; emergency application for absentee ballot. Provides that a qualified voter may apply for an emergency absentee ballot if he has applied to receive an absentee ballot by the deadline but has not received his ballot within 10 days of the election and will be unable to vote on election day due to his hospitalization or illness, the hospitalization, illness, or death of a spouse, child, or parent, or other emergency found to justify receipt of an emergency absentee ballot.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Privileges and Elections Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 92–5 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — 13–2 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 24–16 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bonita G. Anthony — primary (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104319D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Assigned HPE sub: Voting Rights
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244)
- 2026-01-29 House committee offered
- 2026-01-30 Committee substitute printed 26106468D-H1
substitution - 2026-01-30 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-03 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-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 - 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244)
- 2026-02-24 Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 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
- 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-09 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1244ER)
passage - 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-09 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 761 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca232bbe-cb45-403c-a8f7-cda1efc03525. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).