VA SB 350
Status unknownAbsentee voting; counting ballots prior to the close of polls.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Did VA SB 350 pass?
The current status of VA SB 350 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-27): Continued to next session in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
What is VA SB 350 about?
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.
Who sponsors VA SB 350?
Danica A. Roem is the primary sponsor of VA SB 350, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
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.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-13
- Latest action
- 2026-02-27 — Continued to next session in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Danica A. Roemprimary
- Angelia Williams Gravescosponsor
- David R. Suetterleincosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-27
Continued to next session in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
2026-02-26
House committee offered
2026-02-09
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee
2026-02-09
Read first time
reading-1
2026-02-09
Placed on Calendar
2026-02-04
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB350)
2026-02-04
Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A)
passage,reading-3
2026-02-03
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
2026-02-03
Senator Roem Substitute agreed to
2026-02-03
Reading of substitute waived (Voice Vote)
2026-02-03
Floor offered Senator Roem Substitute
2026-02-03
Read second time
reading-2
2026-02-02
Passed by for the day
2026-02-02
Read second time
reading-2
2026-01-30
Passed by for the day
2026-01-30
Read second time
reading-2
2026-01-30
Read second time
reading-2
2026-01-29
Passed by for the day
2026-01-29
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
2026-01-29
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-01-29
Rules suspended
2026-01-29
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB350)
2026-01-27
Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 5-N)
committee-passage
2026-01-13
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee
2026-01-13
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102138D
filing,introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Reported from Privileges and Elections
2026-01-27 · pass · 9-5
Member-level votes (15)
- Aaron R. Rouse: yes
- R. Creigh Deeds: yes
- Adam P. Ebbin: yes
- T. Travis Hackworth: not voting
- Bill DeSteph: no
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
- Tara A. Durant: no
- Russet Perry: yes
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
- Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi: no
- Kannan Srinivasan: yes
- Luther Cifers, III: no
- Emily M. Jordan: no
- Michael J. Jones: yes
Constitutional reading dispensed R
2026-01-29 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
- Lamont Bagby: yes
- Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
- Luther Cifers, III: yes
- Christie New Craig: yes
- R. Creigh Deeds: yes
- Bill DeSteph: yes
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
- Tara A. Durant: yes
- Adam P. Ebbin: yes
- Barbara A. Favola: yes
- Timmy French: yes
- T. Travis Hackworth: yes
- Christopher T. Head: yes
- Michael J. Jones: yes
- Emily M. Jordan: yes
- Mamie E. Locke: yes
- L. Louise Lucas: yes
- David W. Marsden: yes
- Ryan T. McDougle: yes
- Jeremy S. McPike: yes
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
- Mark D. Obenshain: yes
- Mark J. Peake: yes
- Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
- Russet Perry: yes
- Todd E. Pillion: yes
- Bryce E. Reeves: yes
- Danica A. Roem: yes
- Aaron R. Rouse: yes
- Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
- Kannan Srinivasan: yes
- William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
- Richard H. Stuart: yes
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
- David R. Suetterlein: yes
- Scott A. Surovell: yes
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
- Angelia Williams Graves: yes
Passage R
2026-02-04 · pass · 23-17
Member-level votes (40)
- Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
- Lamont Bagby: yes
- Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
- Luther Cifers, III: no
- Christie New Craig: no
- R. Creigh Deeds: yes
- Bill DeSteph: no
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
- Tara A. Durant: no
- Adam P. Ebbin: yes
- Barbara A. Favola: yes
- Timmy French: no
- T. Travis Hackworth: no
- Christopher T. Head: no
- Michael J. Jones: yes
- Emily M. Jordan: no
- Mamie E. Locke: yes
- L. Louise Lucas: yes
- David W. Marsden: yes
- Ryan T. McDougle: no
- Jeremy S. McPike: yes
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi: no
- Mark D. Obenshain: no
- Mark J. Peake: no
- Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
- Russet Perry: yes
- Todd E. Pillion: no
- Bryce E. Reeves: no
- Danica A. Roem: yes
- Aaron R. Rouse: yes
- Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
- Kannan Srinivasan: yes
- William M. Stanley, Jr.: no
- Richard H. Stuart: no
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: no
- David R. Suetterlein: yes
- Scott A. Surovell: yes
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
- Angelia Williams Graves: yes
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