SB 1253 Virginia Senate · 2017 Regular Session

Voter identification; photograph contained in electronic pollbook.

Summary
Requires electronic pollbooks to contain the photographs of registered voters that are obtained by the general registrars in the production of voter photo identification cards or contained in a voter's Department of Motor Vehicles record. The bill also provides that if the electronic pollbook contains the voter's photograph, the officer of election is required to access that photograph and the voter is not required to present one of the statutorily required forms of identification. The bill prohibits lists of voters furnished pursuant to current law from containing any voter's photograph. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Vetoed
Apr 2017
Introduced Jan 10, 2017 Vetoed Apr 5, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
4
Committee
8
Apr 5, 2017
Vetoed
Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
legislature
Mar 16, 2017
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Feb 22, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed House (65-Y 34-N)
legislature
Feb 17, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Campaigns
legislature
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1253S1
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17104455D-S1
legislature
Jan 24, 2017
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103100D
legislature
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors