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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections; candidates and elected officials, confidentiality of personally identifiable information."
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description: "Elections; candidates and elected officials; address confidentiality. Prohibits the custodian of any filing made by a candidate from releasing the address, phone number, or email address of such candidate in response to a request made under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill permits a candidate to provide the unique identifier assigned to him in the voter registration system pursuant to relevant law in place of his residence address on any candidate filing. The State Board of Elections is prohibited from requiring candidates to disclose their address or unique identifier on petitions prior to their being filed. The bill also adds elected officials to the list of people who may furnish, in addition to their residence street address, a post office box address located within the Commonwealth to be included in lieu of their street address on the lists of registered voters. The certificate of election delivered to the winner of an election is required to be accompanied by a notice that the person meets the qualifications for being granted protected voter status along with instructions for updating their voter registration in order to attain such status. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 835."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 632"
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citation: "Virginia SB 632 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/325ef129-7ef8-4abe-8b0f-784641dfd22a"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB632"
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source_hash: "305ce855cd76ab66003cee85146e3b9d6c085030fd5b19bb0a39633abef750aa"
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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 632 (2026) — Elections; candidates and elected officials, confidentiality of personally identifiable information.
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Elections; candidates and elected officials; address confidentiality. Prohibits the custodian of any filing made by a candidate from releasing the address, phone number, or email address of such candidate in response to a request made under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill permits a candidate to provide the unique identifier assigned to him in the voter registration system pursuant to relevant law in place of his residence address on any candidate filing. The State Board of Elections is prohibited from requiring candidates to disclose their address or unique identifier on petitions prior to their being filed. The bill also adds elected officials to the list of people who may furnish, in addition to their residence street address, a post office box address located within the Commonwealth to be included in lieu of their street address on the lists of registered voters. The certificate of election delivered to the winner of an election is required to be accompanied by a notice that the person meets the qualifications for being granted protected voter status along with instructions for updating their voter registration in order to attain such status. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 835.
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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/1091542.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216973.PDF)
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3. **Delegate Price Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179233.HTML)
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4. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1181375.HTML)
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5. **Privileges and Elections Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115853.HTML)
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6. **Privileges and Elections Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115813.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1188841.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **19–2** (pass) · lower
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- Concur House Amendment R — **21–17** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **82–15** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — **11–3** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
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- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104683D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB632)
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- **2026-02-03** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-03** Incorporates SB54 (Diggs)
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (11-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Committee substitute printed 26107134D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-05** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-05** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB632)
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- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-12** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** Floor offered Delegate Price Amendment
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- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** Delegate Price Floor amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-25** Passed House with amendment (82-Y 15-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** House amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB632ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB632)
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 229 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229)
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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/325ef129-7ef8-4abe-8b0f-784641dfd22a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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