Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections.
Summary
Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections. Reduces from 21 to 10 days the number of days during which registration records are closed before primary and general elections and from 13 to 10 days the number of days during which registration records are closed before special elections that are not called by the Governor, Speaker of the House of Delegates, or President pro tempore of the Senate. This bill is identical to SB 991.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 4, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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MINOR
This bill converts HB 1735 from an enrolled draft to an official chapter of Virginia law (Chapter 548), making the voter registration deadline changes permanent. The substantive policy content regarding voter registration deadlines remains unchanged, with only formatting and layout adjustments made during the final chaptering process.
TECHNICAL
Formatting and layout changes converted the bill from draft format to official chapter format, including adding chapter number 548, approval date March 24, 2025, and adjusting line spacing and indentation.
Removed draft session headers and replaced with official chapter formatting while preserving all substantive legislative text regarding voter registration deadlines.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 23, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 13, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 548 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1735ER)
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 12, 2025
Committee
Assigned PE sub: Election Administration
lower
Jan 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Josh Cole
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Laufer
DDemocratic
Co
Bonita Anthony
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
Co
Jackie Glass
DDemocratic
Co
Josh Thomas
DDemocratic
Co
Kathy Tran
DDemocratic
Co
Kelly Fowler
DDemocratic
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