| HB1566 - Elections; absentee ballot security measures; watermark. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: Requires that any ballot mailed to an absentee voter must be printed on security paper that incorporates a visible watermark that identifies the ballot as an official ballot in a manner that preserves the absolute secrecy of the ballot. |
| HB1573 - Absentee voting; absentee voting in person; available beginning 10 days prior to election. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: Limits the availability of absentee voting in person to 10 days before the election. Under current law, absentee voting in person is available beginning 45 days prior to the election. |
| HB1574 - Absentee voting; absentee voting in person; available beginning 10 days prior to primary election. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: Limits the availability of absentee voting in person in a primary election to 10 days before the election. Under current law, absentee voting in person is available beginning 45 days prior to any election, including primary elections. |
| HB1575 - Campaign fundraising; legislative sessions; enforcement of civil penalty. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: Provides that violations of the prohibition on campaign fundraising during legislative sessions are to be reported to the Attorney General who shall initiate civil proceedings to enforce the civil penalty currently assessed for such violations. |
| HB1576 - Campaign fundraising; legislative sessions; enforcement of civil penalty. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: Provides that violations of the prohibition on campaign fundraising during legislative sessions are to be reported to the Attorney General, who shall initiate civil proceedings to enforce the civil penalty currently assessed for such violations. |
| HB1652 - Elections; voter identification containing photograph required; who may register up to and including the day of the election; absentee ballot application requirements; absentee voting in person availability; return of absentee ballots. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB1657 - Voter registration, regular periodic review of registration records; 90-day quiet period before all primary and general elections. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB1686 - Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB1691 - Study; JLARC to study Virginia's campaign finance system; independent agency; report. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB1735 - Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB1744 - Candidates for office; persons entitled to have name printed on ballot; required campaign finance reports. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB1751 - Elections; general provisions; loudspeakers prohibited at polls and certain other locations; penalty. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB1761 - Public campaign financing; counties and cities may establish for certain offices. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB1794 - Elections; primary dates, presidential year primaries. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB1863 - Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before elections; | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB1938 - Elections; general provisions, prohibited area. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB1952 - Voter registration; lists of registered voters and persons voting, publication of costs. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB1990 - Election of certain governing bodies; conversion to single-member districts. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2002 - Voter registration; cancellation of registration, sources of data. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2011 - Voter registration; cancellation of registration by voter. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2056 - Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices, days and hours of operation. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2057 - Voter registration; automatic registration of hunting, fishing, and milk distributor license. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2139 - Elections; form of ballot, party identification, option for candidates for local offices. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2140 - Elections; campaign finance disclosure reports, searchable electronic database. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2165 - Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, etc. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2173 - Campaign finance; coordination and required independent expenditure committee disclosure. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2216 - Elections, State Board of, appointment of Commissioner of Elections. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2276 - Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2277 - Elections administration; duties of local electoral board certification of election, civil penalty. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2337 - Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2357 - Voter registration; list of unqualified persons transmitted to general registrars. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2388 - Voter registration; list of unqualified persons transmitted to general registrars. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2390 - Elections; absentee voting in person, availability & affirmation stmt. in lieu of identification | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2395 - Voter registration; exchange of registered voter lists with other states. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2402 - Elections; affirmation statement in lieu of identification, additional information required. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2434 - Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2444 - Voter registration; list of registered voters and persons voting at elections. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2445 - Absentee voting in person; available beginning 14 days prior to election; hours of operation. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2478 - Elections; absentee voting; drop-off locations for return of absentee ballots; 24-hour video surveillance requirement. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2479 - Elections; political campaign advertisements; synthetic media; penalty. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2484 - Campaign finance; coordination and required independent expenditure committee disclosure. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2513 - Voter registration; cancellation of registration; notice of cancellation; new address if available. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2586 - Voter registration; automatic registration; hunting and fishing license applicants; resident concealed handgun permit applicants. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2607 - Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates; Phase I | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2628 - Local officers; oath of office. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2668 - Elections; administration; procedures for removal of electoral board members and general registrars. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2670 - Campaign finance; campaign required tax-exempt organization disclosure; work group; report; civil penalties. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2672 - Elections; administration; electoral board appointments; up to five party recommendations. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HB2701 - Campaign finance; campaign contribution limits; civil penalty. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HJ2 - Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction, but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him, such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. The amendment also provides that a person adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as lacking the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitled to vote during this period of incapacity until his capacity has been reestablished as prescribed by law. Currently, the Constitution of Virginia provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished. |
| HJ443 - Consolidation and scheduling of general elections; joint subcommittee to study. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| HJ444 - Study; JLARC; Virginia's campaign finance laws; independent agency; report. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB1002 - Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, etc. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB1009 - Elections; conduct of election, ranked choice voting, locally elected offices, report. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB1044 - Elections; general registrar of each locality to report number of provisional ballots cast. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB1050 - Campaign finance; contributions from corporations prohibited, civil penalty. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB1070 - Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB1072 - Absentee voting in person; available beginning 14 days prior to election. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB1073 - Voter registration; verification of social security numbers, provisional registration status. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB1119 - Elections; primary dates, presidential year primaries. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB1174 - Elections; prohibited activities; distribution of referendum materials. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB1175 - Elections; absentee voting in person; uniform availability. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB1185 - Campaign finance; coordination and required independent expenditure committee disclosure. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB1454 - Voter registration; systematic citizenship verification program. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB1469 - Campaign finance; campaign contribution limits; civil penalty. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB760 - Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information, etc. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: Moves the deadline for receipt of absentee ballots, information required to cure an absentee ballot, or proof of identification to accompany a provisional ballot provided for lack of identification from noon to 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election. |
| SB769 - Consumer Data Protection Act; controller privacy notice; cookies; consumer consent. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: Requires the privacy notice that a controller must provide to consumers to include a method by which a consumer may opt out of the automatic placement of a data file, commonly referred to as a "cookie," on the consumer's computer or web browser and a disclosure of the purposes for which the data files are used. The bill prohibits controllers from using cookies, except those that are strictly necessary, without the prior express consent of the consumer and prohibits controllers from preventing access to their services if such consent is not granted. The bill also requires controllers to document and store proof of such consent and make available an easily accessible method by which consumers may withdraw such consent. |
| SB775 - Elections; election offenses; dissemination of artificial audio or artificial visual media to influence an election; penalty. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: Provides that any person who knowingly disseminates artificial audio or artificial visual media, as defined in the bill, intended to influence a political campaign shall include a conspicuous statement at the beginning of such media that states "THIS MEDIA DOES NOT REPRESENT A TRUE RECORDING OF THE CANDIDATE." |
| SB813 - Voter registration; regular periodic review of registration records. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: Requires the Department of Elections to complete not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election any program the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the voter registration system. |
| SB814 - Election of certain governing bodies; conversion to single-member districts. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: Allows the governing body of a locality that has been subject to a court order imposing a remedial election system under voting rights laws to adopt an ordinance to convert one or more at-large seats of such body to single-member districts. |
| SB856 - Absentee voting in person; available beginning 14 days prior to election. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB906 - Campaign advertisements; independent expenditures, electioneering communications. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB940 - Elections; candidates for office, challenges to candidate qualifications. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB945 - Campaign finance; appeal of penalties. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB988 - Elections; prohibited area, within 40 feet of the curbside voting area. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB991 - Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SB994 - Elections; prohibited area within 100 feet. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SJ248 - Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. The amendment provides that a person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction, but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him, such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. The amendment also provides that a person adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as lacking the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitled to vote during this period of incapacity until his capacity has been reestablished as prescribed by law. Currently, the Constitution of Virginia provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished. |
| SJ253 - Consolidation and scheduling of general elections; joint subcommittee to study. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SJ255 - Study; JLARC; Virginia's campaign finance laws; independent agency; report. | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |
| SJ270 - Constitutional amendment; term limits for Lieutenant Governor & Attorney General (first reference). | 01/19/2025 |
| Notes: No additional notes. |