VA HB1482 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on December 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact. Enters Virginia into an interstate compact known as the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. Article II of the United States Constitution gives the states exclusive and plenary authority to decide the manner of awarding their electoral votes. Under the compact, Virginia agrees to award its electoral votes to the presidential ticket that receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The compact goes into effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes have joined the compact. A state may withdraw from the compact; however, a withdrawal occurring within six months of the end of a President's term shall not become effective until a President or Vice President has qualified to serve the next term.
Title
Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact.
Sponsors
Del. Marcus Simon [D] | Del. Kaye Kory [D] | Del. Mark Levine [D] | Del. Delores McQuinn [D] |
Del. Kenneth Plum [D] | Del. Marcia Price [D] | Del. Sam Rasoul [D] | Del. Luke Torian [D] |
Del. Roslyn Tyler [D] | Del. Vivian Watts [D] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-02-08 | House | Left in Privileges and Elections |
2017-01-24 | House | Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote |
2017-01-10 | House | Assigned P & E sub: Elections |
2016-12-13 | House | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
2016-12-13 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101201D |
Subjects
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1482 |
Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1482+hil |