Virginia House Bill 237 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Absentee voting by electronic means; overseas military voters. Provides that a person qualified to vote by absentee ballot because of his status as a member of a uniformed service on active duty may choose to receive and return his absentee ballot by electronic means. The bill requires the State Board of Elections to develop standards for the secure transmission and return, storage, and processing of these ballots, including methods for authentication and the encryption of ballots. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2017.

Absentee voting by electronic means; overseas military voters.

Del. Scott Lingamfelter [R]

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2016-02-09	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-14	House	Assigned P & E sub: Elections
2015-12-29	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2015-12-29	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100759D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	700	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	701	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	706	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	707	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	709	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB237
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB237+hil