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Voter registration; list maintenance activities; cancellation procedures; record matches; required identification information; data standards. Requires certain, specified identification information to be included on the lists or records received by the Department of Elections for list maintenance purposes and requires the Department, upon receiving any such list or record, to do an initial comparison of the information included on such list or record with the list of registered voters and determine the confidence score for any match. The bill specifies that only records with matches with a confidence score of at least 80 are transmitted to the appropriate general registrars. The bill prohibits the use of voter data received from another state or jurisdiction or through a list comparison for list maintenance purposes when the data file does not include a unique identifier for each individual whose information is contained in the data file. The bill requires the Department to annually review all sources of data utilized for list maintenance activities for the purpose of determining the validity, completeness, accuracy, and reliability of the data received from each source, and to include the results of such review in its annual report to the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections regarding its list maintenance activities. The bill prohibits the cancellation within 90 days of any election of any registration identified as belonging to a person no longer residing in the Commonwealth or otherwise no longer entitled to vote by a data match program conducted using lists of registered voters exchanged with other states. The bill requires the general registrars to send notice prior to cancelling a voter's record regardless of the reason for cancellation. Lastly, the bill clarifies that when a voter's registration is canceled, a cancellation record must be created and that such records are public in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and the National Voter Registration Act. The bill includes numerous technical amendments for organizational purposes. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
Introduced
Jan 8, 2025
Last Action
Apr 2, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 3 co
House sustained Governor's veto
Vetoed by Governor
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2276)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Signed by President
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2276ER)
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2276)
Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N)
Amended by conference committee
Conference substitute printed 25107986D-H2
Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 41-N)
Senate requested conference committee
House acceded to request
Conferees appointed by House
Delegates: Price, Sickles, Bloxom
Conferees appointed by Senate
Senators: VanValkenburg, Carroll Foy, Salim
Read third time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2276)
Reading of substitute waived
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N 1-A)
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N)
Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 25107698D-S1
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
Reported from Privileges and Elections and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2276)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Read third time and passed House (56-Y 42-N)
Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 5-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2276)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute and referred to Appropriations (13-Y 8-N)
Committee substitute printed 25105975D-H1
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101670D
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House sustained Governor's veto
Marcia S. "Cia" Price