Virginia House Bill 1210 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0719)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Minority language accessibility; voting and election materials. Requires the State Board of Elections to prescribe, and a covered locality to provide, voting and election materials in languages other than English. A county, city, or town is designated by the State Board as a covered locality if the State Board determines, in consultation with the Director of the Census, based on the 2010 American Community Survey census data and subsequent American Community Survey data in five-year increments, or comparable census data, that (i) either (a) more than five percent of the citizens of voting age of such county, city, or town are members of a single language minority and are unable to speak or understand English adequately enough to participate in the electoral process; (b) more than 10,000 of the citizens of voting age of such county, city, or town are members of a single language minority and are unable to speak or understand English adequately enough to participate in the electoral process; or (c) in the case of a county, city, or town containing all or any part of an Indian reservation, more than five percent of the American Indian citizens of voting age within the Indian reservation are members of a single language minority and are unable to speak or understand English adequately enough to participate in the electoral process and (ii) the illiteracy rate of the citizens of the language minority as a group is higher than the national illiteracy rate. The bill also allows the State Board to make available voting and election materials in any additional languages other than those required as it deems necessary and appropriate. The State Board may accept voting and election materials translated by volunteers but shall verify the accuracy of such translations prior to making the translated materials available to a county, city, or town, or any voter. The bill has a delayed effective date of September 1, 2021.

Minority language accessibility; voting and election materials.

Del. Kathy Tran [D]

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Del. Mark Levine [D]

2020-03-02 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 38-N) (Y: 60 N: 38 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (23-Y 13-N) (Y: 23 N: 13 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (64-Y 34-N) (Y: 64 N: 34 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (15-Y 6-N) (Y: 15 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0719)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 719 (effective 9/1/21)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1210ER)
2020-03-05	House	Enrolled
2020-03-02	House	VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 38-N)
2020-03-02	House	Senate amendments agreed to by House (60-Y 38-N)
2020-03-02	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-28	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (23-Y 13-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-02-28	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-28	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2020-02-28	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (12-Y 3-N)
2020-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-06	House	VOTE: Passage (64-Y 34-N)
2020-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N)
2020-02-05	House	Printed as engrossed 20103702D-E
2020-02-05	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1210E
2020-02-05	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-05	House	Read second time
2020-02-04	House	Read first time
2020-01-31	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (15-Y 6-N)
2020-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 2-N)
2020-01-13	House	Assigned P & E sub: Gubernatorial Appointments
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103702D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	105	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	124	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1210
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1210+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1210E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1210ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0719+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1804V0013+HB1210
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H18V0062+HB1210
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0468+HB1210
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0162+HB1210
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1203HB1210+HB1210
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1286HB1210+HB1210
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1670+HB1210