Virginia House Bill 2235 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-05 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Voter identification; optional restrictive identification requirement. Allows a voter to opt into being required to show a valid photo identification issued by the Commonwealth, one of its political subdivisions, or the United States when voting in person. When a voter offers to vote and the pollbook indicates he has opted into such requirement, he shall be required to show a valid photo identification issued by the Commonwealth, one of its political subdivisions, or the United States in order to vote a regular ballot. The voter registration application shall permit an applicant to opt into this requirement and the Department of Elections is required to provide the means for currently registered voters to opt in as well.

Voter identification; optional restrictive identification requirement.

Del. Amanda Batten [R]

Del. Mark Cole [R]

2021-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2021-01-20	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N)
2021-01-15	House	Assigned P & E sub: Voting Rights
2021-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-01-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101318D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	418	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	643	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2235
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2235+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB2235F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H1806V0003+HB2235