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HB1244Introduced in the House of Delegates

Absentee voting; emergency application for absentee ballot.

Passed

Introduced by Bonita Anthony, District 92

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

Absentee voting; emergency application for absentee ballot. Provides that a qualified voter may apply for an emergency absentee ballot if he has applied to receive an absentee ballot by the deadline but has not received his ballot within 10 days of the election and will be unable to vote on election day due to his hospitalization or illness, the hospitalization, illness, or death of a spouse, child, or parent, or other emergency found to justify receipt of an emergency absentee ballot.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A) · March 2, 2026

24

Yes

16

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1No
Mark Obenshain2Yes
Chris Head3No
David Suetterlein4No
Travis Hackworth5No
Todd Pillion6No
William Stanley7No
Mark Peake8No

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104319D

  2. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

  3. Assigned HPE sub: Voting Rights

  4. House subcommittee offered

  5. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)

  6. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244)

  7. House committee offered

  8. Committee substitute printed 26106468D-H1

  9. Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

  10. Read first time

  11. Read second time

  12. committee substitute agreed to

  13. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  14. Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar

  15. Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A)

  16. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  17. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

  18. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244)

  19. Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 2-N)

  20. Rules suspended

  21. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  22. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  23. Read third time

  24. Passed by for the day

  25. Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A)

  26. Enrolled

  27. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1244ER)

  28. Signed by Speaker

  29. Signed by President

  30. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026

  31. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  32. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1244)

  33. Approved by Governor-Chapter 761 (effective 7/1/2026)

  34. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761)

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