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Absentee voting; emergency application for absentee ballot. Provides that a qualified voter may apply for an emergency absentee ballot if he has applied to receive an absentee ballot by the deadline but has not received his ballot within 10 days of the election and will be unable to vote on election day due to his hospitalization or illness, the hospitalization, illness, or death of a spouse, child, or parent, or other emergency found to justify receipt of an emergency absentee ballot.
Introduced
Jan 14, 2026
Last Action
Mar 11, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 3 co
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Signed by President
Enrolled
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1244ER)
Signed by Speaker
Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day
Read third time
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 2-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A)
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 26106468D-H1
Read first time
House committee offered
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244)
Assigned HPE sub: Voting Rights
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104319D
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244)
Bonita G. Anthony