Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person, beginning on 2nd Sat. immediately preceding election.
Summary
Allows for any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in person beginning on the second Saturday immediately preceding any election in which he is qualified to vote without providing a reason or making prior application for an absentee ballot. The bill makes absentee voting in person available beginning on the forty-fifth day prior to the election and ending at 5:00 p.m. on the Saturday immediately preceding the election. The bill retains the current provisions for voting with an absentee ballot by mail or in person prior to the second Saturday immediately preceding the election, including the application requirement and the list of statutory reasons for absentee voting. The provisions of the bill do not become effective until the November 3, 2020, general election, and the State Board of Elections is required to submit a report on the procedures and instructions it promulgates for conducting absentee voting pursuant to the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 18, 2019
Signed Mar 21, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 19, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
4
Mar 21, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 668 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 21, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (90-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 21, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 21, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 12, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (89-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2790E
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 21, 2019
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 19102828D
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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