Elections; administrative matters and duties of electoral board and general registrar. (HB623)
Introduced By
Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg)
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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Description
Elections, administrative matters, and duties of the electoral board and general registrar. Provides for certain administrative efficiencies: permits general registrar to administer oath to voting equipment custodians; clarifies method to give notice of change in location of general registrar's office; modernizes procedures to give public notice of registration times and primaries; and permits absentee ballot envelopes to be opened before election day so long as the ballots are placed in a secure ballot container and no count is initiated. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/10/2012 | Committee |
| 01/10/2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103714D |
| 01/10/2012 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 01/16/2012 | Assigned P & E sub: Elections Subcommittee |
| 01/24/2012 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) |
| 01/24/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (HB623) |
| 01/27/2012 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/30/2012 | Read first time |
| 01/31/2012 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/01/2012 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 02/01/2012 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/02/2012 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/02/2012 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 02/21/2012 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/23/2012 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/24/2012 | Read third time |
| 02/24/2012 | Reading of amendments waived |
| 02/24/2012 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 02/24/2012 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 02/24/2012 | Passed Senate with amendments (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/24/2012 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/24/2012 | Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/27/2012 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/28/2012 | Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) |
| 02/28/2012 | VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/05/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (HB623ER) |
| 03/05/2012 | Enrolled |
| 03/05/2012 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB623ER) |
| 03/05/2012 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/07/2012 | Signed by President |
| 03/09/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (HB623ER) |
| 03/22/2012 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 328 (effective 7/1/12) |
| 03/22/2012 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 2 minutes.