Elections; verification of registered voter lists. (HB2642)
Introduced By
Del. Bobby Orrock (R-Thornburg) with support from co-patrons Del. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk), and Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Elections; voter registration procedures and revisions; duties of the State Board of Elections with respect to registration procedures; payments for petition signatures or registrations; penalties. Provides various revisions in voter registration procedures: (i) requires proof of citizenship with registration applications effective January 1, 2010; (ii) provides that third-party voter registration organizations must register with the State Board, which shall maintain a list of all registered voter registration drives and post this list on its website, that such organizations must provide quarterly reports to the State Board of all voter registration drives they conducted during that quarter, and that fines may be assessed against such organizations for failing to return voter registration applications or failing to return such applications in a timely manner; (iii) makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to pay or receive compensation on a fee per signature or on a basis related to the number of signatures obtained for circulating election-related petitions or completing and submitting voter registration applications; (iv) directs (with an emergency clause) the State Board to conduct a pilot program with at least three other states by July 1, 2009, to determine the number of duplicate registrations and to report in July 2009 to the Committees on Privileges and Elections on the number of duplicate registrations discovered and the steps taken by the Board to eliminate duplicate registrations; and (v) provides, contingent on the appropriation of sufficient funds, that by October 1, 2009, the State Board shall conduct a match of the registered voter lists with the deceased persons lists of the Social Security Administration and mail a notice to all registered voters to obtain Postal Service returns of undeliverable mail. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/23/2009 | Committee |
01/23/2009 | Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 098559508 |
01/23/2009 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
01/27/2009 | Assigned P & E sub: Elections |
01/30/2009 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2642) |
02/03/2009 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) |
02/06/2009 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/06/2009 | Committee substitute printed 095627672-H1 |
02/08/2009 | Read first time |
02/09/2009 | Read second time |
02/09/2009 | Committee substitute agreed to 095627672-H1 |
02/09/2009 | Emergency clause deleted |
02/09/2009 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2642H1 |
02/10/2009 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
02/10/2009 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2009 | Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House |
02/10/2009 | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
02/10/2009 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2009 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/11/2009 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
02/12/2009 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2642H1) |
02/17/2009 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/17/2009 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/19/2009 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2009 | Read third time |
02/20/2009 | Reading of amendments waived |
02/20/2009 | Committee amendments agreed to |
02/20/2009 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
02/20/2009 | Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2009 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2009 | Passed by for the day |
02/23/2009 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
02/23/2009 | Read third time |
02/23/2009 | Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2009 | Placed on Calendar |
02/25/2009 | Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) |
02/25/2009 | VOTE: --- ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/04/2009 | Enrolled |
03/04/2009 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2642ER) |
03/04/2009 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2642ER) |
03/05/2009 | Signed by President |
03/06/2009 | Signed by Speaker |
03/27/2009 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 492 (effective 7/1/09) |
03/27/2009 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0492) |