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type: "Bill"
title: "Voter identification; accepted forms of identification, out-of-state student identification card."
description: "Voter identification; accepted forms of identification; student identification card issued by out-of-state institution ofhigher education. Adds to the list of acceptable forms of voteridentification a valid student photo identification card issued byany institution of higher education located in any other state orterritory of the United States. Current law allows students fromany institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth touse their student photo identification cards for purposes of voting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 213"
citation: "Virginia HB 213 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-12-27"
last_action: "2020-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e68dcf2a-8e54-4cc5-b9cf-9fe81945f6d0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB213"
source_hash: "6eaffbed9cfa6f4e5c8d3d9a7e29ec3137b75b7bb15f57b943c2d3a95d127403"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 213 (2020) — Voter identification; accepted forms of identification, out-of-state student identification card.
Voter identification; accepted forms of identification; student identification card issued by out-of-state institution ofhigher education. Adds to the list of acceptable forms of voteridentification a valid student photo identification card issued byany institution of higher education located in any other state orterritory of the United States. Current law allows students fromany institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth touse their student photo identification cards for purposes of voting.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1154)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1154)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB213ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB213ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB213)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB213)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N) — **5641** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 4-N) — **104** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — **51** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **2118** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 7-N) — **157** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101656D `introduction`
- **2019-12-27** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Assigned P & E sub: Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB213)
- **2020-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (57-Y 41-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB213ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-06** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1154 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e68dcf2a-8e54-4cc5-b9cf-9fe81945f6d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).