Virginia House Bill 1197 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0600)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Elections; absentee voting; return of unused and defaced absentee ballots. Provides that a voter who returns his unused or defaced absentee ballot before the day of the election shall be entitled to vote a regular ballot on election day if the electoral board, general registrar, or an officer of election is able to confirm the prior return of the unused or defaced ballot. If the ballot's return cannot be confirmed on election day, the voter shall be permitted to cast a provisional ballot. Additionally, a voter may return his unused or defaced absentee ballot on the day of the election and shall be entitled to vote a regular ballot.

Absentee voting; return of unused and defaced absentee ballots.

Del. Robert Brink [D]

2014-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-04		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0600)
2014-04-04		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 600 (effective 7/1/14)
2014-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2014-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2014-02-25	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1197ER)
2014-02-25	House	Enrolled
2014-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2014-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-18	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
2014-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2014-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2014-02-05	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
2014-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
2014-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1197H1
2014-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 14104626D-H1
2014-02-04	House	Read second time
2014-02-03	House	Read first time
2014-01-31	House	Committee substitute printed 14104626D-H1
2014-01-31	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2014-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
2014-01-22	House	Assigned P & E sub: Elections
2014-01-16	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2014-01-16	House	Presented and ordered printed 14103505D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	708	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB1197
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB1197+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB1197H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB1197ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0600+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H1804V0027+HB1197
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H18V0018+HB1197
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV0453+HB1197
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S08V0055+HB1197
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0479HB1197+HB1197
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0496HB1197+HB1197