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SB 196STATE · VirginiaIntroduced

Voter registration; list maintenance data standards, challenges to a voter's registration.

Voted 4/17/2024

Summary

Voter registration; list maintenance data standards; challenges to a voter's registration. 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 conduct an annual review of all sources of data utilized for list maintenance activities in the preceding 12-month period 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. Lastly, the bill removes provisions allowing general registrars to adjudicate challenges to a voter's registration, reserving such process to the courts. The bill includes technical amendments.

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How representatives voted

259 yea·83 nay·8 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 4/17/2024Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024
  2. 4/17/2024Communicated to Governor
  3. 4/17/2024Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
  4. 3/9/2024Passed by for the day
  5. 3/8/2024Governor's recommendation received by Senate
  6. 3/1/2024Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
  7. 3/1/2024Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
  8. 2/28/2024Signed by President
  9. 2/28/2024Impact statement from DPB (SB196ER)
  10. 2/26/2024Signed by Speaker