General registrar; all county and city offices open five days a week. (SB379)
Introduced By
Sen. Ben Chafin (R-Lebanon) with support from co-patron Sen. John Edwards (D-Roanoke)
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
Office of the general registrar; open five days a week. Provides that the office of the general registrar in all counties and cities is to be open a minimum of five days a week. Under current law, counties with a population of less than 10,000 and cities with a population of less than 7,500 are required to be open a minimum of three days a week, and additional days may be required by the general appropriation act. This bill incorporates SB 151. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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01/09/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102234D |
01/09/2018 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
01/23/2018 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
01/23/2018 | Incorporates SB151 (Edwards) |
01/23/2018 | Committee substitute printed 18105913D-S1 |
01/25/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB379S1) |
01/25/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/26/2018 | Read second time |
01/26/2018 | Reading of substitute waived |
01/26/2018 | Committee substitute agreed to 18105913D-S1 |
01/26/2018 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB379S1 |
01/29/2018 | Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
01/29/2018 | Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/29/2018 | Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
01/31/2018 | Placed on Calendar |
01/31/2018 | Read first time |
01/31/2018 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
02/08/2018 | Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #3 |
02/21/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) |
03/02/2018 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (16-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
03/05/2018 | Read second time |
03/06/2018 | Read third time |
03/06/2018 | Defeated by House (42-Y 54-N) |
03/06/2018 | VOTE: DEFEATED (42-Y 54-N) (see vote tally) |
03/06/2018 | Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House |
03/06/2018 | Passed by for the day |
03/07/2018 | Read third time |
03/07/2018 | Passed House (91-Y 7-N) |
03/07/2018 | VOTE: PASSAGE (91-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
03/09/2018 | Enrolled |
03/09/2018 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB379ER) |
03/09/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB379ER) |
03/09/2018 | Signed by Speaker |
03/10/2018 | Signed by President |
03/20/2018 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2018 |
03/20/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018 |
03/29/2018 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 539 (effective 7/1/18) |
03/29/2018 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0539) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 58 seconds.
Comments
This bill would make it easier for people to register and vote absentee in Virginia’s smallest counties and cities (counties with fewer than 10,000 people and cities smaller than 7,500 people) by mandating that the registrar’s office in every city and county be open five days a week, instead of the current three days.