SB 350 VA

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Elections; absentee voting; counting ballots prior to the close of polls. Allows officers of election at a central absentee precinct to begin ascertaining and recording the number of votes cast by absentee ballots at any time after noon on the day of the election. Under current law, absentee ballots that are counted by hand may be tallied, but not counted, at any time after noon on the day of the election, and no ballot totals for any absentee ballots shall be ascertained until after polls close. The bill also clarifies that vote totals for absentee ballots cast in person on voting systems cannot be determined until the day of the election. The bill also requires that general registrars begin processing absentee ballots on the fourteenth day prior to the day of the election. Under current law such processing is not required until the seventh day prior to the day of the election.

• Danica A. Roem Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102138D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · upper
3. Jan 27, 2026 Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 5-N) · upper
4. Jan 29, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB350) · upper
5. Jan 29, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
6. Jan 29, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
7. Jan 29, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
8. Jan 29, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
9. Jan 30, 2026 Read second time · upper
10. Jan 30, 2026 Read second time · upper
11. Jan 30, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
12. Feb 2, 2026 Read second time · upper
13. Feb 2, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
14. Feb 3, 2026 Read second time · upper
15. Feb 3, 2026 Floor offered Senator Roem Substitute · upper
16. Feb 3, 2026 Reading of substitute waived (Voice Vote) · upper
17. Feb 3, 2026 Senator Roem Substitute agreed to · upper
18. Feb 3, 2026 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) · upper
19. Feb 4, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A) · upper
20. Feb 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB350) · upper
21. Feb 9, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
22. Feb 9, 2026 Read first time · lower
23. Feb 9, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · lower
24. Feb 26, 2026 House committee offered · lower
25. Feb 27, 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 Amendment · HTML
• Senator Roem Substitute · PDF
• Senator Roem Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML