Assistance for certain voters; curbside voting.
Summary
Assistance for certain voters; curbside voting. Clarifies that any voter with a permanent physical disability, temporary physical disability, or injury is entitled to vote outside of thepolling place. The bill further provides that during a declared stateof emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat,any voter shall be entitled to vote outside of the polling place.The bill requires that the area designated for voting outside ofthe polling place be clearly marked and instructions on how the voteris to notify an officer of election of his request to vote outsideof the polling place be prominently displayed. The bill makes technical amendments for clarity and organizational purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 10, 2021
Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 25, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 18, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 163 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2021
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
lower
Jan 10, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
Jan 10, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101908D
lower
1 primary · 26 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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