Virginia House Bill 2097 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Elections for certain offices; ranked choice voting; pilot program. Provides that elections for local and constitutional offices may be conducted by ranked choice voting, which the bill describes as the method of casting and tabulating votes in which (i) voters rank candidates in order of preference, (ii) tabulation proceeds in rounds in each of which either a candidate or candidates are elected or the last-place candidate is defeated, and (iii) tabulation ends when the number of candidates elected equals the number of offices to be filled. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2024.

Elections for certain offices, ranked choice voting, pilot program.

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

2019-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2019-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
2019-01-12	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #3
2019-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2019-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100373D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	673.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2097
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2097+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1803V0004+HB2097