Legislation - HB0830

Title: Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Signature Requirements and Verification
Sponsored by: Delegates R. Long, Arentz, Baker, Chisholm, Griffith, Hornberger, Hutchinson, Jacobs, Miller, T. Morgan, Reilly, Tomlinson, and Valentine
Status: In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis

Synopsis

Prohibiting a local board of elections from removing an absentee ballot from a return envelope or ballot/return envelope or counting the ballot unless the return envelope or ballot/return envelope is signed by the voter and a witness and the local board verify the voter's signature; and providing that the witness signature requirement does not apply to active duty uniformed services members serving overseas or their spouses or dependents who live overseas.

Committees

Original:: Government, Labor, and Elections

Details

Emergency Bill

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): Upon Enactment

Bill imposes a local government mandate, which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/04/2026 Legislative Date 2/04/2026 Action First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Signature Requirements and Verification Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/05/2026 Legislative Date 2/05/2026 Action Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	2/04/2026	2/04/2026	First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
			Text - First - Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Signature Requirements and Verification
House	2/05/2026	2/05/2026	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.

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