HB 774 VA

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Elections; absentee and provisional ballots; cure process. Requires that, if the electoral board determines that any person having submitted a provisional vote was not entitled to vote as a result of a material error or omission on the provisional ballot form, the registrar is required to promptly notify the voter by telephone or email of the error or omission and to provide information to the voter on how to correct the issue so his ballot may be counted. The voter is entitled to make such necessary corrections before noon on the Monday after the election. The bill moves the deadline for curing errors or omissions in absentee ballot applications from noon on the third day after the election to noon on the Monday after the election. The bill also requries the Department of Elections to issue guidance to local election officials on the uniform processing and counting of provisional ballots, including any provisional ballot cast by a person submitting a registration application on the same day as the election.

• Virgil Thornton Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103904D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · lower
3. Jan 25, 2026 Assigned HPE sub: Election Administration · lower
4. Jan 26, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N) · lower
5. Jan 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB774) · lower
6. Feb 6, 2026 House committee offered · lower
7. Feb 6, 2026 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 7-N) · lower
8. Feb 6, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106717D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 10, 2026 Read first time · lower
10. Feb 11, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Feb 11, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
12. Feb 11, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
13. Feb 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB774) · lower
14. Feb 12, 2026 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
15. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
16. Feb 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · upper
17. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (8-Y 7-N) · upper
18. Feb 24, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
19. Feb 26, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
20. Feb 26, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
21. Feb 26, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
22. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · upper
23. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
24. Mar 2, 2026 Privileges and Elections Amendment agreed to · upper
25. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended · upper
26. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
27. Mar 4, 2026 Senate amendment agreed to by House (62-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
28. Mar 11, 2026 Enrolled · lower
29. Mar 11, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB774ER) · lower
30. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB774) · lower
31. Mar 11, 2026 Signed by President · upper
32. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
33. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
34. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
35. Apr 13, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · 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.

• Governor Substitute · PDF
• Governor Substitute · HTML
• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Senate Amendment · HTML
• Privileges and Elections Amendment · HTML
• Privileges and Elections Amendment · HTML
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
• Election Administration Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML