VirginiaVoter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches.
What it does
Voter registration; list maintenance activities; cancellation procedures; record matches; required identification information; data standards. Requires certain, specified identification information to be included on the lists or records received by the Department of Elections for list maintenance purposes and requires the Department, upon receiving any such list or record, to do an initial comparison of the information included on such list or record with the list of registered voters and determine the confidence score for any match. The bill specifies that only records with matches with a confidence score of at least 80 are transmitted to the appropriate general registrars.
More detail
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 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 House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections regarding its list maintenance activities. The bill prohibits the cancellation within 90 days of any election of any registration identified as belonging to a person no longer residing in the Commonwealth or otherwise no longer entitled to vote by a data match program conducted using lists of registered voters exchanged with other states. 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. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 2House sustained Governor's vetoLatest
- Mar 24Vetoed by Governor Glenn YoungkinMajor
- Mar 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2276)
- Mar 11Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 11Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2276ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 24Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2276)
- Feb 21Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 41-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 21Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 41-N)Minor
- Feb 21Conference substitute printed 25107986D-H2
- Feb 21Amended by conference committee
- Feb 20Senators: VanValkenburg, Carroll Foy, Salim
- Vote recorded Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N 1-A). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N). Result: fail.Lower
- Feb 20Conferees appointed by Senate
- Feb 20Delegates: Price, Sickles, Bloxom
- Feb 20Conferees appointed by House
- Feb 20House acceded to request
- Feb 20Senate requested conference committeeMinor
- Feb 20Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 20Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
- Feb 20Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N)Major
- Feb 20Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- Feb 20Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N 1-A)Passed Senate
- Feb 20Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 20Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Feb 20Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2276)
- Feb 20Read third timeMinor
- Feb 19Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 19Rules suspended
- Feb 17Committee substitute printed 25107698D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 17Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)Minor
- Feb 11Reported from Privileges and Elections and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Privileges and Elections and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 6Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2276)
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (56-Y 42-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (56-Y 42-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 3Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Jan 31Read first timeMinor
- Jan 29Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2276)
- Jan 27Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 25Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital OutlayMinor
- Jan 24Committee substitute printed 25105975D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (13-Y 8-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 24Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute and referred to Appropriations (13-Y 8-N)Minor
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101670DIntroduced