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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections administration; duties of Dept. of Elections, required election and voter participation."
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description: "Elections administration; duties of the Departmentof Elections; required election and voter participation informationon the Internet. Requires the Department of Elections to provide information for voters on its website, including (i) the role ofand contact information for the State Board of Elections, the Departmentof Elections, local electoral boards, and general registrars and(ii) information about absentee voting, polling hours, Virginia'svoter identification requirements and acceptable forms of identification,the casting of ballots, and a means for voters to find their pollingplace. The bill requires such website to allow a voter to reviewany information about himself that is kept in the statewide voterregistration database. The bill also requires that the Departmentprovide a version of its website in which all parts are translatedinto any language that is spoken by a language minority group, includingthat any page linked to a translated page also be translated."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 989"
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citation: "Virginia HB 989 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cee0c1b9-f6fe-4af7-9cd5-e98b3c28c8fb"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB989"
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source_hash: "51320d8b77fa2fded3673c915102534fc2988115206623e12b5a1ecdc1799bf3"
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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 HB 989 (2024) — Elections administration; duties of Dept. of Elections, required election and voter participation.
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Elections administration; duties of the Departmentof Elections; required election and voter participation informationon the Internet. Requires the Department of Elections to provide information for voters on its website, including (i) the role ofand contact information for the State Board of Elections, the Departmentof Elections, local electoral boards, and general registrars and(ii) information about absentee voting, polling hours, Virginia'svoter identification requirements and acceptable forms of identification,the casting of ballots, and a means for voters to find their pollingplace. The bill requires such website to allow a voter to reviewany information about himself that is kept in the statewide voterregistration database. The bill also requires that the Departmentprovide a version of its website in which all parts are translatedinto any language that is spoken by a language minority group, includingthat any page linked to a translated page also be translated.
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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. **CHAP0406** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0406)
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2. **HB989ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB989ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100784D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB989)
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4. **Printed as engrossed 24100784D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB989E)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N) — **87–11** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100784D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB989)
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- **2024-02-05** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-09** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB989E
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- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24100784D-E
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- **2024-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB989E)
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- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (88-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-20** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-20** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB989ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB989ER)
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 406 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0406)
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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/cee0c1b9-f6fe-4af7-9cd5-e98b3c28c8fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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