Virginia House Bill 2088 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-01-20 - Tabled in Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

State Board of Elections; number of members; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Increases the number of members on the State Board of Elections from five to six and requires the political representation of the Board to be equal between the two political parties having received the highest and next highest number of votes at the preceding gubernatorial election. The bill also provides for the Commissioner of Elections, currently appointed by the Governor, to be appointed by the Board. Such appointment would require an affirmative vote of four of the six members of the Board. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.

Elections, State Board of; increases number of members, appointment of Commissioner of Elections.

Del. Kirkland Cox [R]

2021-01-20 - House - House: Tabled in Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-20	House	Tabled in Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N)
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102629D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	106	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	102	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2088
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2088+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103059A.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB2088F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H18V0016+HB2088