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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 565: Voter registration; registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers, automatic update.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 565 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Voter registration; registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers, automatic update. Primary sponsor: Alex Askew (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Privileges and Elections.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Voter registration; registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers; automatic update. Provides that the information gathered by the Department of Motor Vehicles for a person who indicates that he is already registered to vote is to be automatically transmitted to the Department of Elections for the purpose of updating an existing voter registration record. Under current law, a person must be presented with the option to decline to have his information transmitted to the Department of Elections before such information may be transmitted.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Alex AskewPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Elizabeth Bennett-ParkerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate39
Dan HelmerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Privileges and Elections
  2. Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB565)
  4. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103106D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source