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| Bill | Back-end, opt-out automatic voter registration; work group to study implementation. | Secretary of Administration; work group on automatic voter registration. Directs the Department of Elections to convene a work group for the purpose of studying the implementation of back-end, opt-out automatic voter registration (AVR) in the Commonwealth. The work group shall include representatives of the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, and the Office of the Attorney General, in addition to members of the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections, general registrars, and organizations advocating for or working on voting rights and data privacy. The work group is tasked with considering the effectiveness, efficiency, and security of back-end, opt-out AVR as compared to Virginia's current front-end, opt-out process and identifying the costs and benefits of moving to such a system. The Secretary of Administration is required to submit a report of the work group's findings to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections by November 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 319. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 658 | Virginia SB 658 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 658 (2026) — Back-end, opt-out automatic voter registration; work group to study implementation.
Secretary of Administration; work group on automatic voter registration. Directs the Department of Elections to convene a work group for the purpose of studying the implementation of back-end, opt-out automatic voter registration (AVR) in the Commonwealth. The work group shall include representatives of the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, and the Office of the Attorney General, in addition to members of the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections, general registrars, and organizations advocating for or working on voting rights and data privacy. The work group is tasked with considering the effectiveness, efficiency, and security of back-end, opt-out AVR as compared to Virginia's current front-end, opt-out process and identifying the costs and benefits of moving to such a system. The Secretary of Administration is required to submit a report of the work group's findings to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections by November 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 319.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Privileges and Elections Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Rules Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Accede Conference Committee R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — 8–6 (pass) · upper
- Concur House Substitute R — 0–40 (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 20–18 (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 21–18 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 21–18 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 4–1 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 64–35 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 61–33 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules with substitute — 12–6 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Aaron R. Rouse — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105126D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-03 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-03 Committee substitute printed 26107067D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-11 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-11 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB658)
- 2026-02-19 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-19 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-19 Referred to Committee on Rules
referral-committee - 2026-03-01 Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-03-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N)
substitution - 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB658)
- 2026-03-06 Reported from Rules with substitute (12-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-06 Committee substitute printed 26108948D-H1
substitution - 2026-03-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-11 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-11 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-03-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-11 Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB658)
- 2026-03-12 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-12 House insisted on substitute
substitution - 2026-03-12 House requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-12 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-12 Senate Conferees: Rouse, Srinivasan, Diggs
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Hernandez, Price, Cherry
- 2026-03-12 Senate acceded to request
- 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 33-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB658)
- 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB658ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB658)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 590 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57af1fd7-2b23-4446-bf30-979c0be7d026. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).