VA SB300 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Vetoed on May 17 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-05-17 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Status: Vetoed on May 17 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-05-17 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Summary
Voter registration; list maintenance activities; cancellation procedures; required record matches; required identification information; data standards. Requires certain, specified identification information to be included on the lists received by the Department of Elections for list maintenance purposes and requires the Department, upon receiving any such list, to do an initial comparison of the information included on such list with the list of registered voters and determine the confidence score for any match. Matches with a confidence score of at least 80 are transmitted to the appropriate general registrars. The bill prohibits the use of voter data received from another state or jurisdiction or through a list comparison for list maintenance purposes when the data file does not include a unique identifier for each individual whose information is contained in the data file. The bill requires the Department of Elections to annually review all sources of data utilized for list maintenance activities for the purpose of determining the validity, completeness, accuracy, and reliability of the data received from each source, and to include the results of such review in its annual report to the Committees on Privileges and Elections regarding its list maintenance activities. The bill requires the general registrars to send notice prior to cancelling a voter's record regardless of the reason for cancellation. Lastly, the bill clarifies that when a voter's registration is canceled, a cancellation record must be created, and that such records are public in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and the National Voter Registration Act. The bill includes numerous technical amendments for organizational purposes.
Title
Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches.
Sponsors
| Sen. Aaron Rouse [D] |
Roll Calls
2024-04-17 - Senate - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) (Y: 19 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2024-03-07 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N) (Y: 54 N: 45 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 6-N) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-07 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N) (Y: 54 N: 45 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 6-N) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-17 | Governor: Vetoed by Governor | |
| 2024-04-17 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024 | |
| 2024-04-17 | Senate | Communicated to Governor |
| 2024-04-17 | Senate | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) |
| 2024-04-08 | Senate | Governor's recommendation received by Senate |
| 2024-03-27 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-27 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 |
| 2024-03-26 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB300ER) |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | Title replaced 24108041D-H1 |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) |
| 2024-03-06 | House | VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N) |
| 2024-03-06 | House | Passed House with substitute (54-Y 45-N) |
| 2024-03-06 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB300H1 |
| 2024-03-06 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 24108041D-H1 |
| 2024-03-06 | House | Read third time |
| 2024-03-05 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-03-01 | House | Committee substitute printed 24108041D-H1 |
| 2024-03-01 | House | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 8-N) |
| 2024-02-19 | House | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2024-02-19 | House | Referred from Education by voice vote |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2024-02-13 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) |
| 2024-02-12 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB300S1 |
| 2024-02-12 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 24106255D-S1 |
| 2024-02-12 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2024-02-12 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2024-02-09 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Incorporates SB224 (Rouse) |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24106255D-S1 |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 6-N) |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103696D |
Same As/Similar To
HB904 (Similar To) 2024-05-17 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 2 | 404 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 404.3 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 404.4 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 408 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 409 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 410 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 410.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 426.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 427 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 709 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
