Bill Text: VA HB500 | 2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Registered voters; lists provided at no charge to courts of the Commonwealth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0290) [HB500 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB500-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §24.2-405 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§24.2-405. Lists of registered voters.
A. The Department of Elections shall provide, at a reasonable
price, lists of registered voters for their districts to (i) courts of the
Commonwealth and the United States for jury selection purposes, (ii)
candidates for election or political party nomination to further their
candidacy, (iii) (ii) political party committees or officials
thereof for political purposes only, (iv) (iii) political action
committees that have filed a current statement of organization with the
Department of Elections pursuant to §24.2-949.2, or with the Federal Elections
Commission pursuant to federal law, for political purposes only, (v)
(iv) incumbent officeholders to report to their constituents, (vi)
(v) nonprofit organizations that promote voter participation and
registration for that purpose only, and (vii) (vi) commissioners
of the revenue, as defined in §58.1-3100, and treasurers, as defined in §
58.1-3123, for tax assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes. The
Department shall provide, at no charge, the courts of the Commonwealth
and the United States with the lists for their districts for jury selection
purposes no more than two times in a 12-month period and shall provide, at a
reasonable price, such lists any other time in that same 12-month
period. The lists shall be furnished to no one else and used for no other
purpose. However, the Department of Elections is authorized to furnish
information from the voter registration system to general registrars for their
official use and to the Department of Motor Vehicles and other appropriate
state agencies for maintenance of the voter registration system, and to the
Chief Election Officers of other states for maintenance of voter registration systems.
B. The Department of Elections shall furnish, at a reasonable price, lists of the addresses of registered voters for their localities to local government census liaisons and their staffs for the sole purpose of providing address information to the United States Bureau of the Census. The Department of Elections shall also furnish, at a reasonable price, such lists to the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates for the sole purpose of maintaining a database of constituent addresses for the General Assembly. The information authorized under this subsection shall be furnished to no other person and used for no other purpose. No list furnished under this subsection shall contain the name of any registered voter. For the purpose of this subsection, the term "census liaison" shall have the meaning provided in 13 U.S.C. §16.
C. In no event shall any list furnished under this section contain the social security number, or any part thereof, of any registered voter except a list furnished to a court of the Commonwealth or of the United States for jury selection purposes, a commissioner of the revenue or a treasurer for tax assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes, or to the Chief Election Officer of another state permitted to use social security numbers, or any parts thereof, that provides for the use of such numbers on applications for voter registration in accordance with federal law, for maintenance of voter registration systems.
D. Any list furnished under subsection A shall contain the post office box address in lieu of the residence street address for any individual who has furnished at the time of registration or subsequently, in addition to his street address, a post office box address pursuant to subsection B of §24.2-418.
