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| Bill | Elections; candidates and elected officials, confidentiality of personally identifiable information. | Elections; candidates and elected officials; address confidentiality. Prohibits the custodian of any filing made by a candidate from releasing the address, phone number, or email address of such candidate in response to a request made under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill permits a candidate to provide the unique identifier assigned to him in the voter registration system pursuant to relevant law in place of his residence address on any candidate filing. The State Board of Elections is prohibited from requiring candidates to disclose their address or unique identifier on petitions prior to their being filed. The bill also adds elected officials to the list of people who may furnish, in addition to their residence street address, a post office box address located within the Commonwealth to be included in lieu of their street address on the lists of registered voters. The certificate of election delivered to the winner of an election is required to be accompanied by a notice that the person meets the qualifications for being granted protected voter status along with instructions for updating their voter registration in order to attain such status. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 632. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 835 | Virginia HB 835 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 835 (2026) — Elections; candidates and elected officials, confidentiality of personally identifiable information.
Elections; candidates and elected officials; address confidentiality. Prohibits the custodian of any filing made by a candidate from releasing the address, phone number, or email address of such candidate in response to a request made under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill permits a candidate to provide the unique identifier assigned to him in the voter registration system pursuant to relevant law in place of his residence address on any candidate filing. The State Board of Elections is prohibited from requiring candidates to disclose their address or unique identifier on petitions prior to their being filed. The bill also adds elected officials to the list of people who may furnish, in addition to their residence street address, a post office box address located within the Commonwealth to be included in lieu of their street address on the lists of registered voters. The certificate of election delivered to the winner of an election is required to be accompanied by a notice that the person meets the qualifications for being granted protected voter status along with instructions for updating their voter registration in order to attain such status. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 632.
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 Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–2 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 79–19 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — 17–5 (pass) · lower
- Waive Reading (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 76–19 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104684D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-01-30 Assigned HPE sub: Campaigns and Candidates
referral-committee - 2026-02-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB835)
- 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 2026-02-06 Reported from Privileges and Elections (17-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-10 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-11 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (79-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-24 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-24 Committee substitute printed 26108499D-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)
- 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB835)
- 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day
- 2026-03-02 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Senate substitute agreed to by House (76-Y 19-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB835ER)
passage - 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB835)
- 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 228 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb6b3889-21a7-400e-b34c-5082d39f7c6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).