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HB 904STATE · VirginiaIntroduced

Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches.

Voted 4/17/2024

Summary

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 to identify record matches. Depending on which identification information matches, the Department either transmits the information to the appropriate general registrar to initiate the cancellation process or notifies the appropriate general registrar who may then initiate the confirmation notification process. 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 audit 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 audit 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 cancelled, 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.

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How representatives voted

196 yea·225 nay·5 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 4/17/2024House rejected Governor's recommendation (0-Y 99-N)
  2. 4/17/2024VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
  3. 4/17/2024Communicated to Governor
  4. 4/17/2024Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024
  5. 4/8/2024Governor's recommendation received by House
  6. 3/27/2024Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
  7. 3/27/2024Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
  8. 3/26/2024Signed by Speaker
  9. 3/25/2024Enrolled
  10. 3/25/2024Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB904ER)