VirginiaHB22762025 Regular SessionHouse

Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches.

Sponsored By: Marcia S. "Cia" Price (Democratic)

Failed

Summary

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. 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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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 343 • No: 258

House vote • 2/21/2025

Conference report agreed to by House

Yes: 54 • No: 41

Senate vote • 2/21/2025

Conference report agreed to by Senate

Yes: 22 • No: 18

Senate vote • 2/20/2025

Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate

Yes: 39 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/20/2025

Passed Senate with substitute

Yes: 20 • No: 18 • Other: 1

Senate vote • 2/20/2025

Passed Senate with substitute

Yes: 20 • No: 18

House vote • 2/20/2025

Senate substitute rejected by House

Yes: 0 • No: 96

Senate vote • 2/20/2025

Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/19/2025

Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading)

Yes: 40 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/17/2025

Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute

Yes: 10 • No: 4

Senate vote • 2/11/2025

Reported from Privileges and Elections and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

Yes: 8 • No: 7

House vote • 2/4/2025

Read third time and passed House

Yes: 56 • No: 42

House vote • 1/29/2025

Reported from Appropriations

Yes: 16 • No: 5

House vote • 1/27/2025

Subcommittee recommends reporting

Yes: 7 • No: 1 • Other: 1

House vote • 1/24/2025

Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute and referred to Appropriations

Yes: 13 • No: 8

Actions Timeline

  1. House sustained Governor's veto

    4/2/2025House
  2. Vetoed by Governor

    3/24/2025Governor
  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2276)

    3/11/2025House
  4. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025

    3/11/2025Governor
  5. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025

    3/11/2025House
  6. Signed by President

    3/10/2025Senate
  7. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2276ER)

    3/7/2025House
  8. Enrolled

    3/7/2025House
  9. Signed by Speaker

    3/7/2025House
  10. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2276)

    2/24/2025House
  11. Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N)

    2/21/2025Senate
  12. Conference substitute printed 25107986D-H2

    2/21/2025House
  13. Amended by conference committee

    2/21/2025
  14. Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 41-N)

    2/21/2025House
  15. Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (38-Y 0-N)

    2/20/2025Senate
  16. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2276)

    2/20/2025House
  17. Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N)

    2/20/2025Senate
  18. Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)

    2/20/2025Senate
  19. Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N 1-A)

    2/20/2025Senate
  20. Senators: VanValkenburg, Carroll Foy, Salim

    2/20/2025Senate
  21. Conferees appointed by Senate

    2/20/2025Senate
  22. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

    2/20/2025Senate
  23. Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to

    2/20/2025Senate
  24. Read third time

    2/20/2025Senate
  25. Delegates: Price, Sickles, Bloxom

    2/20/2025House

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