Virginia House Bill 203 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Absentee voting; counting military and overseas absentee ballots received after close of polls on election day. Provides that absentee ballots cast by military and overseas absentee voters that are (i) received after the close of the polls on any election day but before 5:00 p.m. on the second business day before the State Board of Elections meets to ascertain the results of the election and (ii) postmarked on or before the date of such election are to be counted if the voter is found entitled to vote. The bill provides that a postmark includes any other official indicia of confirmation of mailing by the United States Postal Service or other postal or delivery service. Under current law, such ballots cast by military and overseas absentee voters would be counted in this manner regardless of the date of any postmark, but only if the absentee ballot had been requested on or before, but not sent by, the deadline for making absentee ballots available.

Absentee voting; counting military and overseas absentee ballots received after close of polls.

Del. Kathy Tran [D]

Del. Joshua Cole [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2020-01-31	House	Continued to 2021 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-13	House	Assigned P & E sub: Elections
2019-12-27	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2019-12-27	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102099D

HB203 (Carry Over) 2020-01-31 - Continued to 2021 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	709	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB203
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB203+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB203F122+PDF