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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1070: Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required.

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

SB 1070 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. Primary sponsor: Mark Peake (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 21, 2025): Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N).

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.

Elections; voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification to vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements, that he is the named registered voter he claims to be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark PeakePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate8

“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. Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
  2. Incorporates SB764(McDougle)
  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1070)
  4. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102275D

Sources

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