VA HB 493
Status unknownAbsentee voting; ballots received, marked, and cast electronically through the Internet.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did VA HB 493 pass?
The current status of VA HB 493 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-13): Continued to next session in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
What is VA HB 493 about?
Elections; absentee voting; accessibility; ballots received, marked, and cast electronically through the internet. Requires the Department of Elections to make available to all localities a tool to allow a voter with a visual impairment or print disability or a covered voter to receive, mark, and return his absentee ballot electronically through the internet. The bill makes the tool available through the internet in lieu of other currently available assistive technologies.
Who sponsors VA HB 493?
Patrick A. Hope is the primary sponsor of VA HB 493.
Description
Elections; absentee voting; accessibility; ballots received, marked, and cast electronically through the internet. Requires the Department of Elections to make available to all localities a tool to allow a voter with a visual impairment or print disability or a covered voter to receive, mark, and return his absentee ballot electronically through the internet. The bill makes the tool available through the internet in lieu of other currently available assistive technologies.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-12
- Latest action
- 2026-02-13 — Continued to next session in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Patrick A. Hopeprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-12
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104715D
filing,introduction
2026-01-12
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee
2026-01-27
Assigned HPE sub: Election Administration
referral-committee
2026-01-27
House subcommittee offered
2026-02-02
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB493)
2026-02-09
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
2026-02-13
Continued to next session in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
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Votes
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Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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Attribution
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