SB 658 VA

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Secretary of Administration; work group on automatic voter registration. Directs the Department of Elections to convene a work group for the purpose of studying the implementation of back-end, opt-out automatic voter registration (AVR) in the Commonwealth. The work group shall include representatives of the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, and the Office of the Attorney General, in addition to members of the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections, general registrars, and organizations advocating for or working on voting rights and data privacy. The work group is tasked with considering the effectiveness, efficiency, and security of back-end, opt-out AVR as compared to Virginia's current front-end, opt-out process and identifying the costs and benefits of moving to such a system. The Secretary of Administration is required to submit a report of the work group's findings to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections by November 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 319.

• Aaron R. Rouse Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105126D · upper
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · upper
3. Feb 3, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
4. Feb 3, 2026 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N) · upper
5. Feb 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107067D-S1 · upper
6. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) · upper
7. Feb 11, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
8. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
9. Feb 11, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
10. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · upper
11. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
13. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
14. Feb 17, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB658) · upper
15. Feb 19, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
16. Feb 19, 2026 Read first time · lower
17. Feb 19, 2026 Referred to Committee on Rules · lower
18. Mar 1, 2026 Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee · lower
19. Mar 2, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N) · lower
20. Mar 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB658) · upper
21. Mar 6, 2026 Reported from Rules with substitute (12-Y 6-N) · lower
22. Mar 6, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108948D-H1 · lower
23. Mar 10, 2026 Read second time · lower
24. Mar 11, 2026 Read third time · lower
25. Mar 11, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
26. Mar 11, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
27. Mar 11, 2026 Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
28. Mar 12, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB658) · upper
29. Mar 12, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) · upper
30. Mar 12, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
31. Mar 12, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
32. Mar 12, 2026 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
33. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
34. Mar 12, 2026 Senate Conferees: Rouse, Srinivasan, Diggs · upper
35. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
36. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Hernandez, Price, Cherry · lower
37. Mar 12, 2026 Senate acceded to request · upper
38. Mar 13, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
39. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
40. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
41. Mar 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB658) · upper
42. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
43. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB658ER) · upper
44. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
45. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
46. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
47. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
48. Apr 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB658) · upper
49. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 590 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
50. Apr 13, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590) · executive

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.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Rules Substitute · PDF
• Rules Substitute · HTML
• Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
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