VA HB185 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-31 - Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-31 - Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Voter registration by mail; certain first-time voters permitted to vote by absentee ballot. Adds to the list of exceptions to the requirement that first-time voters who registered to vote by mail must vote in person those voters who are entitled under current law to vote by absentee ballot because they are confined while awaiting trial or for having been convicted of a misdemeanor.
Title
Voter registration by mail; certain first-time voters permitted to vote by absentee ballot.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-31 | House | Incorporated by Privileges and Elections |
| 2020-01-28 | House | Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB872-Bourne) by voice vote |
| 2020-01-13 | House | Assigned P & E sub: Elections |
| 2019-12-26 | House | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2019-12-26 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100412D |
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB185 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB185+hil |
