HB 835 VA

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Elections; candidates and elected officials; address confidentiality. Prohibits the custodian of any filing made by a candidate from releasing the address, phone number, or email address of such candidate in response to a request made under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill permits a candidate to provide the unique identifier assigned to him in the voter registration system pursuant to relevant law in place of his residence address on any candidate filing. The State Board of Elections is prohibited from requiring candidates to disclose their address or unique identifier on petitions prior to their being filed. The bill also adds elected officials to the list of people who may furnish, in addition to their residence street address, a post office box address located within the Commonwealth to be included in lieu of their street address on the lists of registered voters. The certificate of election delivered to the winner of an election is required to be accompanied by a notice that the person meets the qualifications for being granted protected voter status along with instructions for updating their voter registration in order to attain such status. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 632.

• Adele Y. McClure Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104684D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · lower
3. Jan 30, 2026 Assigned HPE sub: Campaigns and Candidates · lower
4. Feb 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB835) · lower
5. Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) · lower
6. Feb 6, 2026 Reported from Privileges and Elections (17-Y 5-N) · lower
7. Feb 10, 2026 Read first time · lower
8. Feb 11, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
9. Feb 12, 2026 Read third time and passed House (79-Y 19-N 0-A) · lower
10. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
11. Feb 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · upper
12. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
13. Feb 24, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
14. Feb 24, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108499D-S1 · upper
15. Feb 26, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
16. Feb 26, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
17. Feb 26, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
18. Feb 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB835) · lower
19. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · upper
20. Feb 27, 2026 Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to · upper
21. Feb 27, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
22. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
23. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
24. Mar 4, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (76-Y 19-N 0-A) · lower
25. Mar 11, 2026 Enrolled · lower
26. Mar 11, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB835ER) · lower
27. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB835) · lower
28. Mar 11, 2026 Signed by President · upper
29. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
30. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
31. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
32. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 228 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
33. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228) · 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
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML