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type: "Bill"
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title: "Absentee voting; emergency application for absentee ballot."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1244"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1244 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonita G. Anthony"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca232bbe-cb45-403c-a8f7-cda1efc03525"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1244"
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source_hash: "3cdfa4155e510d4cfc311cb09df69ee497d7b62c4ff4fa739f600d7103917678"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1244 (2026) — Absentee voting; emergency application for absentee ballot.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1088470.PDF)
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2. **Privileges and Elections Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103929.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194169.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **92–5** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **13–2** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **24–16** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bonita G. Anthony — primary (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104319D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Assigned HPE sub: Voting Rights `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244)
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- **2026-01-29** House committee offered
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- **2026-01-30** Committee substitute printed 26106468D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-01-30** Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-03** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244)
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- **2026-02-24** Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1244ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 761 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca232bbe-cb45-403c-a8f7-cda1efc03525`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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