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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elections; soliciting or accepting bribe to influence or procure voter registration, penalty."
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description: "Elections; offenses; soliciting or accepting bribe to influence or procure voter registration; penalty. Provides that no person shall solicit or accept directly or indirectly any money or any thing of value in exchange for his or another's decision to register or not register to vote. The bill also provides certain exceptions to the prohibitions on soliciting or accepting bribes to influence a person to vote or to register to vote."
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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: "HB 113"
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citation: "Virginia HB 113 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dan I. Helmer"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-02"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/364d6d47-6b45-40d9-8495-adc8dc86fbfb"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB113"
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source_hash: "3a873b67e0e1dbcef0e2983b519b6c38651e840adcb8273aa5ba7e6921480570"
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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 113 (2026) — Elections; soliciting or accepting bribe to influence or procure voter registration, penalty.
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Elections; offenses; soliciting or accepting bribe to influence or procure voter registration; penalty. Provides that no person shall solicit or accept directly or indirectly any money or any thing of value in exchange for his or another's decision to register or not register to vote. The bill also provides certain exceptions to the prohibitions on soliciting or accepting bribes to influence a person to vote or to register to vote.
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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/1082451.PDF)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1105010.PDF)
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3. **Privileges and Elections Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103921.HTML)
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4. **Privileges and Elections Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179125.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199266.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **95–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **91–5** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **22–17** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100343D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-02** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Assigned HPE sub: Voting Rights `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-30** House committee offered
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- **2026-01-30** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB113)
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- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-02** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB113)
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- **2026-02-24** Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Committee substitute printed 26107632D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB113)
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- **2026-03-02** Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate substitute agreed to by House (91-Y 5-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB113ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB113)
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- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 909 (effective 7/1/2026) `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/364d6d47-6b45-40d9-8495-adc8dc86fbfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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