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type: "Bill"
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title: "Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections."
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description: "Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections. Reduces from 21 to 10 days the number of days during which registration records are closed before primary and general elections and from 13 to 10 days the number of days during which registration records are closed before special elections that are not called by the Governor, Speaker of the House of Delegates, or President pro tempore of the Senate. This bill is identical to HB 1735."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 991"
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citation: "Virginia SB 991 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Angelia Williams Graves"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc65c594-7f91-47fd-baed-606ba2713d83"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB991"
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source_hash: "e13bcb9c7a3e804448138c31bd3b9eea29497aef52fd652344e0aef73b6253bb"
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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 991 (2025) — Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections.
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Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections. Reduces from 21 to 10 days the number of days during which registration records are closed before primary and general elections and from 13 to 10 days the number of days during which registration records are closed before special elections that are not called by the Governor, Speaker of the House of Delegates, or President pro tempore of the Senate. This bill is identical to HB 1735.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014742.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077466.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049704.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (89-Y 8-N) — **89–8** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102477D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB991)
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- **2025-01-21** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-23** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-23** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-24** Engrossed by Senate
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- **2025-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-07** Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed House (89-Y 8-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB991ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB991)
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 559 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0559)
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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/dc65c594-7f91-47fd-baed-606ba2713d83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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