Elections, State Board of; increasing membership and terms, role and eligibility, report. (HB236)
Introduced By
Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria)
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
State Board of Elections; increasing membership; Commissioner of Elections; role and eligibility; report. Increases the membership of the State Board of Elections from three members to five members. Representation is given to each of the political parties having the highest and next highest number of votes in the Commonwealth at the preceding gubernatorial election, with three Board members being of the party of the Governor. Terms are initially staggered. The bill provides that a Commissioner of Elections, who acts as the principal administrative officer of the Department of Elections, shall be appointed by the Governor. Persons engaging in certain partisan activities, persons related to persons engaging in certain partisan activities, and persons related to members of the State Board are prohibited from serving as the Commissioner of Elections. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/30/2019 | Committee |
| 12/30/2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100375D |
| 12/30/2019 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 01/14/2020 | Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments |
| 01/27/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB236) |
| 01/27/2020 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/27/2020 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) |
| 01/31/2020 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (17-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2020 | Read first time |
| 02/05/2020 | Read second time |
| 02/05/2020 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 02/05/2020 | Engrossed by House as amended HB236E |
| 02/05/2020 | Printed as engrossed 20100375D-E |
| 02/06/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB236E) |
| 02/06/2020 | Read third time and passed House (79-Y 18-N) |
| 02/06/2020 | VOTE: Passage (79-Y 18-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/07/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/07/2020 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 02/18/2020 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/21/2020 | Read third time |
| 02/21/2020 | Passed Senate (34-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/26/2020 | Enrolled |
| 02/26/2020 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB236ER) |
| 02/26/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB236ER) |
| 02/26/2020 | Bill text as passed House and Senate reprinted (HB236ER) |
| 02/27/2020 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/27/2020 | Signed by President |
| 03/05/2020 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 6, 2020 |
| 03/05/2020 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020 |
| 03/05/2020 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020 |
| 03/12/2020 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 353 (effective 1/1/21) |
| 03/12/2020 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0353) |