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| Bill | Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information, etc. | Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information; 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election. Moves the deadline for receipt of an absentee ballot, information required to cure an absentee ballot, or proof of identification to accompany a provisional ballot provided for lack of identification from noon to 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 58. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 82 | Virginia HB 82 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 82 (2026) — Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information, etc.
Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information; 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election. Moves the deadline for receipt of an absentee ballot, information required to cure an absentee ballot, or proof of identification to accompany a provisional ballot provided for lack of identification from noon to 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 58.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Privileges and Elections Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 59–35 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 64–32 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — 14–7 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–2 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 22–18 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103344D
filing, introduction - 2025-12-31 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB82)
- 2026-02-06 Assigned HPE sub: Election Administration
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 2026-02-13 Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-15 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (60-Y 35-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-24 Senate committee offered
- 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 Privileges and Elections Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-03-02 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-03-02 Passed Senate with amendment (22-Y 18-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Senate amendment agreed to by House (64-Y 32-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB82ER)
passage - 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB82)
- 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 - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 61 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0061)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05532519-7554-4df5-b80f-1453a674db6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).