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SB 1256 Voter identification requirements; photo ID required at polls, application for absentee ballot.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Voter identification requirements; photo ID. Requires photo ID at the polls by eliminating all forms of identification that do not contain a photograph of the voter from the list of forms of identification any one of which a voter must present in order to be allowed to vote. The bill also adds a valid United States passport to the list and requires that a student identification card issued by an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth contain a photograph in order to be used by a voter. The bill does not affect the right of a voter who does not present one of the required forms of identification to cast a provisional ballot. The bill also provides that the State Board shall provide free voter registration cards that contain a voter's photograph and signature if the voter does not possess other satisfactory photo ID. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2014, and its provisions are contingent upon funding being included in a general appropriation act passed by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/13 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 13103249D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13104633D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/13 Senate: Printed as engrossed 13104633D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1256ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/13 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 13103249D
- 01/10/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/29/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13104633D-S1
- 01/29/13 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (7-Y 6-N)
- 01/29/13 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/31/13 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/04/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/13 Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/13 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/05/13 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 13104633D-S1
- 02/05/13 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/05/13 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/05/13 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/05/13 Senate: Amendment by Senator McEachin rejected (20-Y 20-N)
- 02/05/13 Senate: Chair votes No
- 02/05/13 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1256ES1
- 02/05/13 Senate: Printed as engrossed 13104633D-ES1
- 02/05/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/13 Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 20-N)
- 02/05/13 Senate: Chair votes Yes
- 02/11/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/13 House: Read first time
- 02/11/13 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/11/13 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government
- 02/13/13 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- 02/15/13 House: Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/19/13 House: Read second time
- 02/20/13 House: Read third time
- 02/20/13 House: Passed House (65-Y 34-N)
- 02/20/13 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (65-Y 34-N)
- 02/23/13 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/23/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1256ER)
- 02/23/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/25/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 725 (effective 7/1/14)
- 03/25/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725)