Elections; elected and certain appointed officers, removal from office. (HB451)
Introduced By
Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville) with support from co-patron Del. Rich Anderson (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; elected and certain appointed officers; removal from office. Adds sexual battery, attempted sexual battery, consensual intercourse with a child 15 years of age or older, indecent exposure, and peeping to the list of offenses for which a circuit court, upon petition, may remove from office an elected officer or officer appointed to fill an elective office. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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01/05/2014 | Committee |
01/05/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101290D |
01/05/2014 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
01/10/2014 | Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee |
01/17/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB451) |
01/20/2014 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) |
01/23/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB451) |
01/24/2014 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/24/2014 | Committee substitute printed 14104343D-H1 |
01/24/2014 | Incorporates HB408 |
01/27/2014 | Read first time |
01/28/2014 | Read second time |
01/28/2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14104343D-H1 |
01/28/2014 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB451H1 |
01/29/2014 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
01/29/2014 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/30/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
01/30/2014 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
01/31/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB451H1) |
02/18/2014 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) |
02/20/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
02/21/2014 | Read third time |
02/21/2014 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
02/25/2014 | Enrolled |
02/25/2014 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB451ER) |
02/25/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB451ER) |
02/25/2014 | Signed by Speaker |
02/27/2014 | Signed by President |
04/04/2014 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 566 (effective 7/1/14) |
04/04/2014 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0566) |
Comments
This bill was surely prompted by a member of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors being convicted of sexual battery, but refusing to step down for months after his guilty plea.
THIS BILL should include ADULTERY. Adultery is a CRIME in Virginia and is a sex crime. Adultery is CERTAINLY more OFFENSIVE to public morality, DESTRUCTIVE of families and to society, and more powerfully bespeak UNTRUSTWORTHINESS of elected and appointed official, than does 'peeping' or 'indecent exposure'. SO WHY doesn't Mr Bell include adultery?
Ladies and gentlemen, the last person in the state who supports the state's adultery law.