Absentee voting; accessibility for voters with a visual impairment or print disability.
Summary
Absentee voting; accessibility for voters witha visual impairment or print disability. Requires the Departmentof Elections to make available to all localities a tool to allowvoters with a visual impairment or print disability to electronicallyand accessibly receive and mark his absentee ballot using screenreader assistive technology. On receipt of an application for an absentee ballot from an applicant who indicates that he will require assistance due to a visual impairment or print disability, the general registrar is required to offer to provide to the applicant the ballotmarking tool with screen reader assistive technology.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 1, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 22, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 1, 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
31
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 255 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 23, 2021
Introduced
House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
lower
Feb 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102849D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bryce Reeves
RRepublican
Co
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
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