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2024 SESSION
SB 300 Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches.
Introduced by: Aaron R. Rouse | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Voter registration; list maintenance activities; cancellation procedures; required record matches; required identification information; data standards. Requires certain, specified identification information to be included on the lists received by the Department of Elections for list maintenance purposes and requires the Department, upon receiving any such list, to do an initial comparison of the information included on such list with the list of registered voters and determine the confidence score for any match. 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 of Elections 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 Committees on Privileges and Elections regarding its list maintenance activities. 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. This bill is identical to HB 904.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103696D pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106255D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24108041D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB300ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103696D
- 01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/06/24 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 6-N)
- 02/06/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106255D-S1
- 02/06/24 Senate: Incorporates SB224 (Rouse)
- 02/06/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/08/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/12/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24106255D-S1
- 02/12/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB300S1
- 02/13/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/15/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/24 House: Read first time
- 02/15/24 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/19/24 House: Referred from Education by voice vote
- 02/19/24 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 03/01/24 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
- 03/01/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24108041D-H1
- 03/05/24 House: Read second time
- 03/06/24 House: Read third time
- 03/06/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24108041D-H1
- 03/06/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB300H1
- 03/06/24 House: Passed House with substitute (54-Y 45-N)
- 03/06/24 House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
- 03/07/24 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/07/24 Senate: Title replaced 24108041D-H1
- 03/25/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB300ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/17/24 Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
- 04/17/24 Senate: Communicated to Governor
- 04/17/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024