HB 1244 VA

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Absentee voting; emergency application for absentee ballot. Provides that a qualified voter may apply for an emergency absentee ballot if he has applied to receive an absentee ballot by the deadline but has not received his ballot within 10 days of the election and will be unable to vote on election day due to his hospitalization or illness, the hospitalization, illness, or death of a spouse, child, or parent, or other emergency found to justify receipt of an emergency absentee ballot.

• Bonita G. Anthony Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104319D · lower
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · lower
3. Jan 26, 2026 Assigned HPE sub: Voting Rights · lower
4. Jan 28, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 28, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Jan 28, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244) · lower
7. Jan 29, 2026 House committee offered · lower
8. Jan 30, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106468D-H1 · lower
9. Jan 30, 2026 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) · lower
10. Jan 30, 2026 Read first time · lower
11. Feb 2, 2026 Read second time · lower
12. Feb 2, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
13. Feb 2, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
14. Feb 3, 2026 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar · lower
15. Feb 3, 2026 Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A) · lower
16. Feb 4, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
17. Feb 4, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · upper
18. Feb 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244) · lower
19. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 2-N) · upper
20. Feb 26, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
21. Feb 26, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
22. Feb 26, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
23. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · upper
24. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
25. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A) · upper
26. Mar 9, 2026 Enrolled · lower
27. Mar 9, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1244ER) · lower
28. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
29. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by President · upper
30. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
31. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
32. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244) · lower
33. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 761 (effective 7/1/2026) · 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.

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