HB 46 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required.

Summary
Elections; voter identification containing aphotograph required; permanent absentee voter list repealed.Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photographin order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permittinga voter who does not have one of the required forms of identificationto vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties forfalse statements, that he is the named registered voter he claimsto be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled tocast a provisional ballot. The bill also repeals the provisions oflaw by which any registered voter may apply to receive absentee ballotsfor all elections in which he is eligible to vote and remains onthe list until the voter requests in writing to be removed from thelist, the voter's registration is canceled or placed on inactivestatus pursuant to law, or the voter moves to a different addressnot in the same county or city of his registration.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Governor
Introduced Dec 31, 2021 Last action Feb 22, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2022

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Feb 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB46H1
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22106214D-H1
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Dec 31, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
Dec 31, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102903D
lower
1 primary · 25 co-sponsors

Sponsors