Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices, days and hours of operation.
Summary
Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices; days and hours of operation. Authorizes the governing body of any county or city establishing voter satellite offices for absentee voting in person to prescribe, by ordinance, the dates and hours of operation for such offices. The bill requires the governing body to provide notice to the general registrar of the county or city at least two weeks prior to the enactment of any such ordinance.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Vetoed
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025
Vetoed Apr 2, 2025
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What changed between versions
Engrossed
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Enrolled
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1 edit
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Feb 22, 2025
MINOR
The bill was finalized and enrolled for passage, with no substantive policy changes to the voter satellite office provisions. The text remains identical in content, though formatting and layout were adjusted to match the official enrolled format of Virginia legislation.
TECHNICAL
Removed bracketed amendment notes and formatting markers from the Engrossed version, converting the bill to the standard Enrolled format used for final legislative enactments.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 13, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Apr 2, 2025
Vetoed
Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 44-N)
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Feb 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2056ER)
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-Y 14-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (53-Y 45-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Privileges and Elections Amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2025
Committee
Assigned PE sub: Election Administration
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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