Elections; general provisions, electoral board members to wear identification, civil penalty.
Summary
Elections; general provisions; electoral board members to wear identification; civil penalty. Requires the Department of Elections to issue a standardized identification badge to the acting electoral board members of each locality. Electoral board members are required to wear such identification badge while conducting their official duties on the day of an election subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Vetoed
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 8, 2026
Vetoed Apr 13, 2026
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What changed between versions
Introduced
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Enrolled
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1 edit
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Mar 6, 2026
MINOR
The bill progressed from an introduced draft to its final enrolled version, retaining the core requirement that local electoral board members must wear standardized identification badges during elections. The primary changes are technical formatting updates, such as adding session headers and page numbers, while the substantive policy text regarding badge issuance, wearing requirements, and the $1,000 civil penalty for violations remains identical.
TECHNICAL
Added standard enrolled bill formatting elements, including session headers, page numbering, and approval dates, which were absent in the introduced version.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2026
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 26, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Apr 13, 2026
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by House
executive
Mar 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB234ER)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
Assigned HPE sub: Election Administration
lower
Jan 8, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
0 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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