Virginia House Bill 363 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-09 - Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Disqualification from office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; affidavit of eligibility for candidates for elective office; removal from office for current officeholders. Provides that any person who is found to have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States or to have given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof shall be disqualified from holding any office of the Commonwealth or of its governmental units in accordance with Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Persons holding office who are so disqualified may be removed by a writ of quo warranto, except that a member of the General Assembly may be removed by the house in which he sits. The bill requires any candidate for any elective office to submit an affidavit of eligibility attesting that such candidate is eligible to hold elective office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Candidates for office; disqualification, affidavit of eligibility.

Del. David Reid [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-09	House	Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
2024-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2024-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100363D

HB363 (Carry Over) 2024-02-09 - Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	201.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	501.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	503	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	525	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	636	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+sum+HB363
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+HB363+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+oth+HB363F160+PDF