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Cat	Number	Title	Patron	House	Senate	updated
2025 Priority Bills
campaign finance	HB 1575 Support	Campaign fundraising; legislative sessions; enforcement of civil penalty. more... Provides that violations of the prohibition on campaign fundraising during legislative sessions are to be reported to the Attorney General who shall initiate civil proceedings to enforce the civil penalty currently assessed for such violations....	Cherry(R)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/8/25
campaign finance	HB 1576 Support	Campaign fundraising; legislative sessions; enforcement of civil penalty. more... Provides that violations of the prohibition on campaign fundraising during legislative sessions are to be reported to the Attorney General, who shall initiate civil proceedings to enforce the civil penalty currently assessed for such violations. ...	Cherry(R)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/8/25
guns	HB 1597 Support	Secure storage of firearms; penalties. more... Creates a Class 4 misdemeanor for any person who fails to securely store a firearm on any premises where such person knows, or reasonably should know, that a minor or a person who is prohibited by law from possessing a firearm is, or is likely to be, present....	Feggans(D)	Committee Public Safety..		1/16/25
voting	HB 1657 Support	Voter registration, regular periodic review of registration records; 90-day quiet period before all primary and general elections. more... Requires the Department of Elections to complete not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election any program the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the voter registration system....	Henson (D)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/10/25
rights	HB 1681 Support	Undesignated sex or gender designation option. more... Requires all forms, reports, applications, or other documents used by state agencies to offer the option of 'male,' 'female,' or 'X' when designating sex or gender. The bill contains technical amendments....	Cohen(D)	Committee General Laws Committee		1/10/25
campaign finance	HB 1686 Support	Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions more... Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee for personal use....	Convirs-Fowler(D)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/10/25
justice	HB 1713 Support	Jurisdiction of district courts in felony cases; specialty dockets; Behavioral Health Docket Act. more... Authorizes a general district court and a juvenile and domestic relations district court to retain jurisdiction over a felony offense for the purpose of allowing the accused to complete a specialty docket or behavioral health docket established pursuant to relevant law....	Watts(D)	Committee Courts of Justice		1/16/25
women	HB 1716 Support	Contraception; right to contraception; applicability; enforcement. more... Establishes a right to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception, as defined in the bill. The bill creates a cause of action that may be instituted against anyone who infringes on such right.	Price(D)	Reported Health & Human Services (15-Y 7-N)		1/16/25
women, healthcare	HB 1724 Support	Prescription Drug Affordability Board established; drug cost affordability review. more... Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for the purpose of protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth and other stakeholders within the health care system from the high costs of prescription drug products	Delaney(D)	Sub Approps sub: Health & Human Resources		1/16/25
governance	HB 1725 Support	Medical Debt Protection Act; prohibited practices; penalties. more... Creates the Medical Debt Protection Act to prohibit a large health care facility or medical debt buyer, as those terms are defined in the bill, from charging interest or late fees on medical debt....	Delaney(D)	Recommends L&C SubCom 2		1/16/25
campaign finance	HB 1744 Support	Candidates for office; persons entitled to have name printed on ballot; required campaign finance reports. more... Provides that a person who fails to file at least one of the campaign finance reports required by law to be filed in an election year by July 20 is not entitled to have his name printed on the ballot at the general election for the office sought.	Watts(D)	Reported Privileges & Elections (22-Y 0-N)		1/8/25
campaign finance	HB 1761 Support	Public campaign financing; counties and cities may establish for certain offices. more... Authorizes the governing body of a county or city to establish by ordinance a system of public campaign financing for elected local offices....	Simon(D)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/10/25
climate	HB 1791 Support	Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund created. more... Creates the Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund to assist private developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations (i) in certain localities,...	Sullivan (D)	Sub Labor & Commerce, sub #3		1/17/25
guns	HB 1876 Support	Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. more... Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or explosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties ...	Callsen(D)	Committee Public Safety		1/15/25
climate	HB 1883 Support	Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements; power purchase agreements. more... Amends certain renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements for Dominion Energy Virginia, including the annual percentage of program requirements to be met with behind-the meter solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion resources of three megawatts or less located in the Commonwealth. ...	Callsen(D)	Sub Labor & Commerce Sub #3		1/15/25
education	HB 1954 Support	Equity in public school funding and staffing; special education students; at-risk students; English language learner students; support services positions; report. more... Requires state-funded add-ons to be provided to support special education students that are calculated by multiplying weights set forth in the general appropriation act by the relevant basic aid per-pupil amount for each such student....	Rasoul(D)	Sub Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary Ed		1/17/25
voting	HB 2002 Support	Voter registration; cancellation of registration, sources of data. more... Requires that, except for a written request from the voter to have his registration cancelled, the general registrar may not cancel the registration of any voter based on data or reports provided to him by any source other than the Department of Elections or a state agency approved to provide such data or reports by the State Board of Elections.....	Laufer (D)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/15/25
voting	HB 2011 Support	Voter registration; cancellation of registration by voter. more... Provides that any valid authorization for cancellation submitted by a registered voter prior to the day of the immediately proceeding election shall be effective in such election. ....	Walker(R)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/15/25
voting	HB 2056 Support	Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices, days and hours of operation. more... Authorizes the governing body of any county or city establishing voter satellite offices for absentee voting in person to prescribe, by ordinance, the dates and hours of operation for such offices. ....	Reaser(D)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/18/25
education	HB 2118 Support	Public schools; delayed implementation and review of revised public school accountability system. more... Directs the Department of Education to delay for a period of one year the implementation of the revised public school accountability system adopted pursuant to applicable Board of Education regulations in order to conduct a review of and establish a stakeholder advisory committee to solicit input on such revised public school accountability system ...	Keys-Gamarra(D)	Committee Committee on Education		1/16/25
climate	HB 2126 Support	Virginia Energy Facility Review Board established ... l more... Establishes the Virginia Energy Facility Review Board as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth for the purposes of conducting critical interconnection reviews, conduct analysis and study policy options, review regional energy plans, local comprehensive plans, and local solar and storage ordinances and to facilitate the responsible siting of critical interconnection projects in the Commonwealth....	Sullivan (D)	Committee Labor & Commerce		1/15/25
campaign finance	HB 2140 Support	Elections; campaign finance disclosure reports; searchable electronic database. more... Requires the Department of Elections to provide an interface for the campaign finance database maintained by the Department that allows users to easily search for and sort information by individual candidates and types of elections, offices, committees...	Krizek(D)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/15/25
campaign finance	HB 2165 Support	Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. more... Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee for personal use...	Cole(D)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/15/25
campaign finance	HB 2173 Support	Campaign finance; coordination and required independent expenditure committee disclosure; civil penalties more... Provides a more detailed definition of the term "coordinated" or "coordination" in the context of campaign finance than current law. ...	Clark(D)	Committee pending		1/8/25
education	HB 2196 Support	Public schools; student discipline; Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established. more... Establishes the Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program (the Program), to be administered by the Department of Education (the Department), for the purpose of addressing school discipline issues and promoting evidence-based restorative practices, ...	McQuinn(D)	Committee Committee on Education		1/16/25
justice	HB 2217 Support	Court appearance of a person not free on bail. more... Makes various changes to provisions regarding bail hearings, including (i) the appointment of counsel for the accused, (ii) the information provided to counsel for the accused, ....	Callsen(D)	Committee Courts of Justice		1/16/25
justice	HB 2222 Support	Use of restraints on juveniles in court prohibited; exceptions. more... Prohibits the use of instruments of restraint, as defined in the bill, on a juvenile appearing before the juvenile and domestic relations district court unless the court makes a finding that (i) the use of such restraints is necessary (a) to prevent physical harm to such juvenile or another person, ...	Cousins(D)	Committee Courts of Justice		1/16/25
climate	HB 2346 Support	Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program. more... Requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to conduct a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants. ...	Hernandez(D)	Committee Labor & Commerce		1/16/25
climate	HB 2356 Support	Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements; renewable energy portfolio standard eligible source work; penalties. more... Requires each public service company, including its contractors and subcontractors, to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources. ...	King(D)	Committee Labor and Commerce		1/17/25
education	HB 2454 Support	Board of Education; public school accountability system; Three "E" Readiness Framework; include and incentivize work-based learning experiences. more... Directs the Board of Education to revise its Three "E" Readiness Framework: Employment, Enlistment, and Enrollment, adopted pursuant to the public school accountability system to measure high school student postsecondary readiness, to include as an indicator of postsecondary readiness and incentivize participation in and completion of work-based learning experiences....	Rasoul(D)	Committee Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2454)		1/17/25
campaign finance	HB 2479 Support	Elections; political campaign advertisements; synthetic media; penalty. more... Prohibits electioneering communications containing synthetic media, as those terms are defined in the bill, from being published or broadcast without containing the following conspicuously displayed statement...	Sickles(D	Committee pending		1/8/25
campaign finance	HB 2484 Support	Campaign finance; coordination and required independent expenditure committee disclosure; civil penalties. more... Provides a more detailed definition of the term "coordinated" or "coordination" in the context of campaign finance than current law....	Sickles(D)	Committee pending		1/9/25
climate	HB 2578 Support	Retail sales and use tax; exemption for data centers; reports. more... Requires a data center operator, in order to be eligible for the existing data center sales and use tax exemption to (i) beginning July 1, 2030, purchase a certain percentage of the data center's annual electric load from clean energy resources, (ii) beginning July 1, 2030, ...	Sullivan (D)	Committee pending		1/17/25
climate	HB 2604 Support	Electric utilities; request for proposals required for certain facilities. Print more... Requires an electric utility seeking approval to construct or purchase a generating facility that emits carbon dioxide to demonstrate that it has conducted a request for proposals...	Tran(D)	Committee pending		1/17/25
campaign finance	HB 2607 Support	Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates; Phase I more... Prohibits candidates, campaign committees, and political committees from soliciting or accepting contributions from any public utility, as defined in the bill, and prohibits any public utility or any political committee established by such public utility from making any such contribution. ...	Ware(R)	Committee pending		1/8/25
campaign finance	HB 2701 Support	Campaign finance; campaign contribution limits; civil penalty. more... Prohibits persons from making any single contribution, or any combination of contributions, that exceeds $20,000 to any one candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, or the Senate of Virginia or $10,000 to any one candidate for the House of Delegates in any one election cycle. ...	Bulova(D)	Committee pending		1/8/25
women	HJ 1 Support	Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference). more... Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about all matters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, or otherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified by a compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictive means....	Herring (D)	Passed (51-Y 48-N) 1/14/2025	Committee Privileges & Elections	1/16/25
voting, justice	HJ 2 Support	Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote. more... Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting....	Bennett-Parker(D)	Passed (55-Y 44-N)1/14/2025	Committee Privileges & Elections	1/16/25
rights	HJ 9 Support	Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage between two individuals; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. more... Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015)....	Sickles (D)	Passed (58Y 35N 2A)1/14/2025	Committee Privileges & Elections	1/16/25
campaign finance	HJ 444 Support	Study; JLARC; Virginia's campaign finance laws; independent agency; report. more... Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study Virginia's campaign finance laws....	Jones(D	Committee pending		1/15/25
women, healthcare	SB 743 Support	Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes. more... Provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves the receipt or provision of or assistance with reproductive health care services, as defined in the bill...	Favola(D)		Committee Courts of Justice	1/16/25
voting	SB 760 Support	Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information; 5:00 pm on the third day after the election. more... Moves the deadline for receipt of absentee ballots, information required to cure an absentee ballot, or proof of identification to accompany a provisional ballot provided for lack of identification from noon to 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election.....	Favola(D)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/15/25
campaign finance	SB 775 Support	Elections; election offenses; dissemination of artificial audio or artificial visual media to influence an election; penalty. more... Provides that any person who knowingly disseminates artificial audio or artificial visual media, as defined in the bill, intended to influence a political campaign shall include a conspicuous statement at the beginning of such media that states: ...	Surovell(D)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/8/25
governance	SB 813 Support	Voter registration; regular periodic review of registration records. more... Requires the Department of Elections to complete not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election any program the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the voter registration system....	Rouse(D)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/16/25
climate	SB 853 Support	Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements; RPS-eligible source work; penalties. more... Requires each public service company, including its contractors and subcontractors, to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources. ...	Rouse(D)		Committee Commerce & Labor	1/8/25
women, healthcare	SB 875 Support	State pharmacy benefits manager; DMAS to select & contract with a third-party administrator to serve more... Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services by December 31, 2025, to select and contract with a third-party administrator to serve as the state pharmacy benefits manager to administer all pharmacy benefits for Medicaid recipients,...	Rouse(D)		Committee Education & Health	1/15/25
guns	SB 881 Support	Plastic firearms or receivers, unserialized firearms, etc.; transfer, etc., prohibited, penalties. more... Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who knowingly manufactures or assembles, imports, purchases, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component, as defined in the bill, is not detectable as a firearm...	Ebbin(D)		Committee Courts of Justice	1/15/25
campaign finance	SB 906 Support	Campaign advertisements; independent expenditures; electioneering communications; disclaimer requirements. more... Broadens the scope of disclaimer requirements for campaign advertisements to include electioneering communications, as defined in the bill, and messages advocating for the passage or defeat of a referendum. ...	Stanley(R)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/8/25
campaign finance	SB 945 Support	Campaign finance; appeal of penalties. more... Provides for an appeal process for any person or committee assessed a civil penalty under the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006. ...	DeSteph (R)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/10/25
education	SB 977 Support	Public schools; Standards of Quality; certain calculations; support services. more... Requires the Department of Education (the Department) (i) in calculating nonpersonal costs in the Standards of Quality funding formula, to include the costs associated with work-related employee travel and leased facilities; ...	Hashmi(D)		Reported Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N)	1/17/25
education	SB 979 Support	Department of Education; public school accountability; delayed implementation and review of revised public school accountability system; report; emergency. more... Directs the Department of Education to delay for a period of one year the implementation of the revised public school accountability system adopted pursuant to applicable Board of Education regulations in order to conduct a review of and establish a stakeholder advisory committee...	Hashmi(D)		Sub Public Eduation	1/17/25
campaign finance	SB 1002 Support	Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. more... Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee for personal use. ...	Boysko(D)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/8/25
governance, voting	SB 1009 Support	Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices; report. more... Allows elections for any local office to be conducted by ranked choice voting. ...	Salim(D)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/15/25
justice	SB 1013 Support	Affirmative defense or reduced penalty for a neurocognitive disorder or intellectual or developmental disability. more... Provides an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual for assault or assault and battery ... if such individual proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the individual's behaviors were a result of (a) mental illness or....	Boysko(D)		Committee Courts of Justice	1/13/25
climate	SB 1040 Support	Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements; power purchase agreements. more... Amends certain renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements for Dominion Energy Virginia, including the annual percentage of program requirements to be met with behind-the meter solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion resources of three megawatts or less located in the Commonwealth. ...	VanValkenburg(D)		Committee Commerce & Labor	1/8/25
voting	SB 1044 Support	Elections; election results; reporting; provisional ballots. more... Requires the general registrar of each locality to report to the Depart of Elections for each precinct in his locality the total number of provisional ballots cast, the number of those provisional ballots determined to be valid by the electoral board, and the results of such valid provisional ballots by voters assigned to such precinct....	Roem(D)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/15/25
campaign finance	SB 1050 Support	Campaign finance; contributions from corporations prohibited; civil penalty. more... Prohibits any corporation from making any contribution to any committee organized under the provisions of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006 and prohibits any such committee from soliciting or accepting any contribution from any corporation. ...	Roem(D)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/10/25
climate	SB 1100 Support	Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program more... Requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to conduct a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants. ...	Hashmi(D)		Committee Commerce & Labor	1/8/25
climate	SB 1114 Support	Local regulation of solar facilities; special exceptions. more... Provides that a ground-mounted solar energy generation facility to be located on property zoned agricultural, commercial, industrial, or institutional shall be permitted pursuant to various criteria...	VanValkenburg(D)		Committee Local Government	1/8/25
women, healthcare	SB 1122 Support	Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. more... Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2028. ...	Boysko(D)		Committee Finance & Appropriations	1/15/25
guns	SB 1134 Support	Storage of firearms in a residence where a minor or person prohibited from possessing a firearm is present; penalty. more... Requires any person who possesses a firearm in a residence where such person knows that a minor or a person who is prohibited by law from possessing a firearm is present to store such firearm and the ammunition for such firearm in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet that is inaccessible to such minor or prohibited person. ...	Boysko(D)		Committee Courts of Justice	1/10/25
campaign finance	SB 1185 Support	Campaign finance; coordination and required independent expenditure committee disclosure; civil penalties. more... Provides a more detailed definition of the term "coordinated" or "coordination" in the context of campaign finance than current law.	Carroll Foy (D)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/10/25
climate	SB 1196 Support	Sales and use tax exemption; data centers. more... Requires data center operators to meet certain energy efficiency standards in order to be eligible for the sales and use tax exemption for data center purchases....	Deeds(D)		Committee Finance & Appropriations	1/8/25
climate	SB 1225 Support	Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund created. more... Creates the Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund to assist private developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations (i) in certain localities,...	Aird(D)		Committee Finance & Appropriations	1/8/25
justice	SB 1227 Support	Court appearance of a person not free on bail. more... Makes various changes to provisions regarding bail hearings, including (i) the appointment of counsel for the accused, ...	Aird(D)		Committee Courts of Justice	1/13/25
justice	SB 1255 Support	Use of restraints on juveniles in court prohibited; exceptions. more... Prohibits the use of instruments of restraint, as defined in the bill, on a juvenile appearing before the juvenile and domestic relations district court unless the court makes a finding that (i) the use of such restraints is necessary ....	Bagby(D)		Committee Courts of Justice	1/11/25
education	SB 1262 Support	Public schools; student discipline; Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established. more... stablishes the Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program (the Program), to be administered by the Department of Education (the Department), for the purpose of addressing school discipline issues and promoting evidence-based restorative practices, ...	Pekarsky(D)		Committee Education & Health	1/10/25
climate	SB 1403 Support	Electric utilities; request for proposals required for certain facilities. more... Requires an electric utility seeking approval to construct or purchase a generating facility that emits carbon dioxide to demonstrate that it has conducted a request for proposals designed to fairly evaluate all available supply-side and demand-side options prior to seeking approval for such generating facility....	Surovell(D)		Committee Commerce & Labor	1/8/25
climate	SB 1434 Support	Solar photovoltaic project; siting. more... Requires the Department of Energy's Division of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to establish regional planning targets for each planning district for energy production and energy efficiency. ...	McPike(D)		Committee Commerce & Labor	1/17/25
campaign finance	SJ 255 Support	Study; JLARC; Virginia's campaign finance laws; independent agency; report. more... Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study Virginia's campaign finance laws. ...	Rouse(D)		Committee Rules Committee.	1/17/25
voting	HB 1573 Oppose	Absentee voting; absentee voting in person; available beginning 10 days prior to election. more... Limits the availability of absentee voting in person to 10 days before the election. Under current law, absentee voting in person is available beginning 45 days prior to the election.	Green(R)	Sub Rec: laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)		1/16/25
voting	HB 1652 Oppose	Elections; voter identification containing photograph required; who may register up to and including the day of the election; absentee ballot application requirements; absentee voting in person availability; return of absentee ballots. more... Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote and provides that a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.....	Wyatt(R)	Sub Rec: laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)		1/15/25
voting	SB 764 Oppose	Elections; voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. more... Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. ....	McDougle(R)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/15/25
voting	SB 1175 Oppose	Elections; absentee voting in person; uniform availability. more... Requires absentee voting in person to be available from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday during early voting and between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the first Saturday and second Saturday and Sunday immediately preceding all elections....	Suetterlein(R)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/18/25

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