HB 493 VA

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Introduced

Elections; absentee voting; accessibility; ballots received, marked, and cast electronically through the internet. Requires the Department of Elections to make available to all localities a tool to allow a voter with a visual impairment or print disability or a covered voter to receive, mark, and return his absentee ballot electronically through the internet. The bill makes the tool available through the internet in lieu of other currently available assistive technologies.

• Patrick A. Hope Democratic · primary

1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104715D · lower
2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · lower
3. Jan 27, 2026 Assigned HPE sub: Election Administration · lower
4. Jan 27, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Feb 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB493) · lower
6. Feb 9, 2026 Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote) · lower
7. Feb 13, 2026 Continued to next session in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML