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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections, Department of; appropriations to provide prepaid postage for return of absentee ballots."
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description: "Appropriation; Department of Elections. Appropriates $2,000,000 to the Department of Elections to be usedto provide prepaid postage for the return of absentee ballots forthe November 3, 2020, election. The bill requires that such prepaidpostage be provided by localities, which will be reimbursed by theDepartment out of the appropriation. The bill also makes other procedural changes for absentee voting for the November 3, 2020, election,including directing the State Board of Elections to promulgate emergencyregulations for the establishment and operation of drop-off locationsfor completed ballots."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020specialI"
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identifier: "SB 5120"
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citation: "Virginia SB 5120 (2020specialI)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-08-21"
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last_action: "2020-09-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11dcc478-554b-427a-b71f-0dc9bcc3327d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5120"
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source_hash: "0992208b4bff38771a916fadbf36ea38088786769a327eb018f1ae73fd0b6115"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 5120 (2020specialI) — Elections, Department of; appropriations to provide prepaid postage for return of absentee ballots.
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Appropriation; Department of Elections. Appropriates $2,000,000 to the Department of Elections to be usedto provide prepaid postage for the return of absentee ballots forthe November 3, 2020, election. The bill requires that such prepaidpostage be provided by localities, which will be reimbursed by theDepartment out of the appropriation. The bill also makes other procedural changes for absentee voting for the November 3, 2020, election,including directing the State Board of Elections to promulgate emergencyregulations for the establishment and operation of drop-off locationsfor completed ballots.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0001)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0001)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5120ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5120ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendment SB5120ES2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5120ES2)
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4. **Impact statement from VCSC (SB5120S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5120S1)
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5. **Impact statement from VCSC (SB5120S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5120)
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6. **SB5120S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5120S2)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 5-N) — **11–5** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
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- Amendment by Senator Ruff rejected (15-Y 21-N) — **15–21** (fail) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) — **21–16** (pass) · upper
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- Amendment #2 by Senator Newman rejected (15-Y 21-N) — **15–21** (fail) · upper
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-08-21** Presented and ordered printed 20200923D `introduction`
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- **2020-08-21** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-08-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-08-24** Committee substitute printed 20200947D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-08-26** Impact statement from VCSC (SB5120S1)
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- **2020-08-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-08-27** Floor substitute printed 20201001D-S2 (Howell)
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- **2020-08-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-08-27** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-08-27** Committee substitute rejected 20200947D-S1
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- **2020-08-27** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-08-27** Substitute by Senator Howell agreed to 20201001D-S2
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- **2020-08-27** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-08-27** Amendment by Senator Deeds agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2020-08-27** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-08-27** Amendment #1 by Senator Newman out of order
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- **2020-08-27** Amendment #2 by Senator Newman rejected (15-Y 21-N) `amendment-failure`
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- **2020-08-27** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-08-27** Amendment by Senator Ruff rejected (15-Y 21-N) `amendment-failure`
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- **2020-08-27** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendment SB5120ES2
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- **2020-08-27** Printed as engrossed 20201001D-ES2
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- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-09-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-09-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-09-02** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-09-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-09-04** Passed by temporarily
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- **2020-09-04** Passed House (55-Y 43-N) `passage`
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- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
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- **2020-09-04** Enrolled
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- **2020-09-04** Signed by President
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- **2020-09-04** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-09-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on September 4, 2020
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- **2020-09-04** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., September 11, 2020
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- **2020-09-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1 (effective 9/4/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11dcc478-554b-427a-b71f-0dc9bcc3327d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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