Absentee ballot procedures and count; requires prompt counting immediately after close of polls. (HB2107)
Introduced By
Sen. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake) with support from 7 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria), Del. Daun Hester (D-Norfolk), Del. Johnny Joannou (D-Portsmouth), Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville), Sen. Kenneth Alexander (D-Norfolk), Sen. Roz Dance (D-Petersburg), Sen. Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✓ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
✓ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Elections; absentee ballot procedures and count. Requires the prompt counting of absentee ballots immediately after the close of the polls and advance steps by the general registrar to prepare for the prompt counting of absentee ballots. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/09/2013 | Committee |
| 01/09/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100884D |
| 01/09/2013 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 01/14/2013 | Assigned P & E sub: Elections Subcommittee |
| 01/21/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2107) |
| 01/22/2013 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) |
| 01/25/2013 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/28/2013 | Read first time |
| 01/29/2013 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 01/30/2013 | Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) |
| 01/30/2013 | VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/31/2013 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 01/31/2013 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 02/12/2013 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/14/2013 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/15/2013 | Read third time |
| 02/15/2013 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/21/2013 | Enrolled |
| 02/21/2013 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2107ER) |
| 02/21/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2107ER) |
| 02/21/2013 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/21/2013 | Signed by President |
| 03/18/2013 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 501 (effective 7/1/13) |
| 03/18/2013 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0501) |