Voter registration; persons assisting with the return of signed voter registration applications. (HB1144)
Introduced By
Del. Tony Wilt (R-Harrisonburg)
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
Voter registration; persons assisting with the completion or collection of completed voter registration applications; certain identifying information required. Requires any person who assists an applicant with the completion of a voter registration application or collects a completed voter registration application directly from an applicant to provide his name and telephone number and indicate the group or organization he is affiliated with, if any, on the registration application. The provisions of the bill do not apply to any state or local government employee who assists with the completion of registration applications or collects completed registration applications as part of his official duties. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/10/2018 | Committee |
01/10/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101822D |
01/10/2018 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
01/22/2018 | Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #3 |
01/23/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1144) |
01/24/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N) |
02/02/2018 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (16-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
02/05/2018 | Read first time |
02/06/2018 | Read second time |
02/06/2018 | Committee amendments agreed to |
02/06/2018 | Engrossed by House as amended HB1144E |
02/06/2018 | Printed as engrossed 18101822D-E |
02/07/2018 | Read third time and passed House (54-Y 43-N) |
02/07/2018 | VOTE: (54-Y 43-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/08/2018 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
02/14/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1144E) |
02/20/2018 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
02/22/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2018 | Passed by for the day |
02/26/2018 | Passed by for the day |
02/27/2018 | Passed by for the day |
02/28/2018 | Passed by for the day |
03/01/2018 | Read third time |
03/01/2018 | Reading of amendments waived |
03/01/2018 | Amendments by Senator Vogel agreed to |
03/01/2018 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
03/01/2018 | Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/05/2018 | Placed on Calendar |
03/05/2018 | Senate amendments rejected by House (48-Y 48-N) |
03/05/2018 | VOTE: REJECTED (48-Y 48-N) (see vote tally) |
03/05/2018 | Reconsideration of Senate amendments agreed to by House |
03/05/2018 | Senate amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 47-N) |
03/05/2018 | VOTE: ADOPTION #2 (52-Y 47-N) (see vote tally) |
03/07/2018 | Enrolled |
03/07/2018 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1144ER) |
03/07/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1144ER) |
03/07/2018 | Signed by Speaker |
03/09/2018 | Signed by President |
03/15/2018 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2018 |
03/15/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018 |
04/09/2018 | Governor's recommendation received by House |
04/09/2018 | Governor's substitute printed 18108397D-H1 |
04/18/2018 | Speaker ruled Governor's recommendation with a substitute not germane |
04/18/2018 | Communicated to Governor |
04/18/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 18, 2018 |
05/18/2018 | G Vetoed by Governor |
Comments
This bill should be shelved. Its sole purpose appears to be to discourage any community member or group from registering new voters or helping current voters change their address. We should be reaching out to every eligible voter, not suppressing those efforts.
I can't fathom any purpose for collecting this information other than to discourage or even intimidate third-party groups and their volunteers who help thousands of Virginia voters register each year. Let's get everyone involved in doing their civic duty, not put obstacles like this in the way. Please defeat this bill.
Currently, we turn in a log of the registrations and put our contact information at the bottom of each page. The log also verifies that all the applications are accounted for. Thus this is redundant time-wasting.
Organizations like the League of Women Voters already supply this information. This bill will discourage groups from doing voter registration. It should be shelved.
Please vote no on this bill. It seems designed to intimidate people who might want to volunteer to help register voters. The whole war over fraudulent votes is so overblown, and there are so many more pressing issues that need resolution.
Let's spend time, energy, and treasure on moving the Commonwealth out of its repressive past, not rooting into it.