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Secretary of Administration; work group on automatic voter registration. Directs the Department of Elections to convene a work group for the purpose of studying the implementation of back-end, opt-out automatic voter registration. The work group will include representatives of the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, and the Office of the Attorney General, in addition to members of the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections, general registrars, and organizations advocating for or working on voting rights and data privacy. The work group is tasked with considering the effectiveness, efficiency, and security of back-end, opt-out automatic voter registration as compared to Virginia's current front-end, opt-out process, and identifying the costs and benefits of moving to such a system.
Introduced
Jan 14, 2026
Last Action
Mar 13, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 33-N 0-A)
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
Conference Report released
Conferees appointed by House
Senate Conferees: Rouse, Srinivasan, Diggs
Conferees appointed by Senate
Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
House requested conference committee
House insisted on substitute
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB658)
House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
Senate acceded to request
House Conferees: Hernandez, Price, Cherry
Read third time
Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Reported from Rules with substitute (12-Y 6-N)
Committee substitute printed 26108948D-H1
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB658)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N)
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Rules
Read first time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB658)
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Read second time
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
Senate committee offered
Committee substitute printed 26107067D-S1
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105126D
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
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Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 33-N 0-A)
Aaron R. Rouse