Virginia House Bill 196 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 7 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0838)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Employment discrimination; prohibited against electoral board members and assistant general registrars for election day service; penalty. Prohibits discrimination in employment against electoral board members and assistant general registrars on the basis of service on election day or at a meeting of the electoral board following the election to ascertain the results of the election. Current law prohibits such employment discrimination only on the basis of election day service and only against officers of election. A violation of the bill's provisions is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Employment discrimination; prohibits against electoral board member, etc., for election day service.

Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]

2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) (Y: 37 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-07		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0838)
2020-04-07		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 838 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-06		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-06	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
2020-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-27	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-27	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB196ER)
2020-02-27	House	Enrolled
2020-02-24	Senate	Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-21	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-18	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 0-N 1-A)
2020-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-06	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	House	Read second time and engrossed
2020-02-04	House	Read first time
2020-01-31	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N)
2020-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
2020-01-14	House	Assigned P & E sub: Gubernatorial Appointments
2019-12-27	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2019-12-27	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100919D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	118.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	119.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB196
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB196+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB196ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0838+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1804V0016+HB0196
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H18V0051+HB0196
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0506+HB0196
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0138+HB0196
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0771HB0196+HB0196
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0884HB0196+HB0196