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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 315: Voter registration; registration of DMV customers, updates to existing registration.

Passed one chamber 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 315 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Voter registration; registration of DMV customers, updates to existing registration. Primary sponsor: Saddam Salim (Democratic). 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 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 name or address change and to return a voter to active status from inactive status, as appropriate. 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 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Saddam SalimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate37

“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. Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
  4. Impact statement from DPB (SB315S1)
  5. Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
  6. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  7. Read first time
  8. Placed on Calendar
  9. Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
  10. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB315S1
  11. Committee substitute agreed to 24106037D-S1
  12. Reading of substitute waived

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

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