Bill Text: VA SB466 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Lists of registered voters; jury selection.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369) [SB466 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-SB466-Prefiled.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 lists for
their districts to the courts of the Commonwealth and the United
States for jury selection purposes. 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.
