Virginia House Bill 31 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 29 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-12 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Primary elections; voter registration by political party. Adds party affiliation to the information that an applicant is asked to provide when registering to vote. The applicant may indicate that he is an independent. Voters registered prior to January 1, 2015, will be designated as independent unless they provide a political party designation in writing to the general registrar. Voters may change their party affiliation or independent status by written notice at any time before the registration records are closed prior to an election. The state party chairman of each political party must notify the State Board of Elections by January 31 of each year of the party rules governing who may participate in the party's primaries held from April 1 of that year and through March 31 of the following year.

Primary elections; voter registration by political party, additional information.

Del. Scott Lingamfelter [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-12	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2014-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote
2014-01-10	House	Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee
2013-11-29	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2013-11-29	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100048D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	418.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	423.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	516.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	530	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	535	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB31
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB31+hil