Elections, Director of; Governor shall appoint. (HB1478)
Introduced By
Del. Bill Janis (R-Glen Allen)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
State Board of Elections; Director of Elections. Increases the size of the State Board from three to five members. Provides for the position of Director of Elections to be hired by the State Board with the concurrence of at least four of its members, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, as head of the elections agency, in place of the present position of the Secretary who is a member of the State Board appointed by the Governor. The Director shall, by his education, training, or experience, be knowledgeable of election law and administration. Removal of the Director may occur only by a vote of at least four members of the State Board. Read the Bill »
Status
02/15/2011: Failed to Pass in Committee
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/09/2010 | Committee |
| 12/09/2010 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100265D |
| 12/09/2010 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 01/13/2011 | Assigned P & E sub: #2 Elections |
| 01/20/2011 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1478) |
| 01/25/2011 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 1-N) |
| 01/28/2011 | Tabled in Privileges and Elections (11-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2011 | Reconsidered by Privileges and Elections |
| 02/04/2011 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2011 | Committee substitute printed 11104801D-H1 |
| 02/06/2011 | Read first time |
| 02/07/2011 | Read second time |
| 02/07/2011 | Committee substitute agreed to 11104801D-H1 |
| 02/07/2011 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1478H1 |
| 02/08/2011 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 02/08/2011 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/09/2011 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/09/2011 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 02/15/2011 | Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
Comments
The bill has not failed. It passed the House P&E Committee on February 4 by a vote of 21Y-0N.
An interview about this bill with chief patron Bill Janis now appears on Examiner.com, here: http://exm.nr/gUmDR6
Interesting—a bill that was tabled...yet lives on! I checked, and it turns out that there are three bills for which that has happened during this session. I've updated Richmond Sunlight's code to accommodate such bills, which means that the problem should be solved permanently. Thanks for that, Rick!