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| Bill | Absentee voting in person; available the second and third Sunday before all elections. | Absentee voting in person; available the second and third Sunday before all elections. Requires absentee voting in person to be made available for a minimum of five hours between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the second and third Sunday immediately preceding all elections. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 438 | Virginia SB 438 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 438 (2026) — Absentee voting in person; available the second and third Sunday before all elections.
Absentee voting in person; available the second and third Sunday before all elections. Requires absentee voting in person to be made available for a minimum of five hours between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the second and third Sunday immediately preceding all elections.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Delegate Price Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- House Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Privileges and Elections Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Privileges and Elections Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Concur House Amendment R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 62–35 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) — 14–7 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — 8–6 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
- Aaron R. Rouse — cosponsor (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
- L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102373D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-27 Committee substitute printed 26106334D-S1
substitution - 2026-01-29 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-29 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-29 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-29 Passed by for the day
- 2026-01-30 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-30 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-30 Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
- 2026-01-30 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-02-27 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (14-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 House committee offered
- 2026-03-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 Passed by temporarily
- 2026-03-04 Floor offered Delegate Price Amendment
- 2026-03-04 committee amendment rejected
amendment-failure - 2026-03-04 Delegate Price Floor amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-03-04 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-03-04 Passed House with amendment (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 House amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-12 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-12 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB438ER)
passage - 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB438)
- 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-12 Signed by President
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 945 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da1091ea-fe6c-4d63-aab3-c247a7b4006c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).