Virginia House Bill 534 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Method of nominating party candidates; repeal of incumbent selection. Removes the power of General Assembly incumbents seeking reelection to determine the method of nomination. The bill also removes the requirement that a primary be the nomination method for incumbent officeholders, other than incumbent members of the General Assembly, under certain circumstances. The bill does not affect the current power of duly constituted authorities of the political party to determine the method of nominating party candidates.

Method of nominating party candidates; repeal of incumbent selection.

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Rules
2018-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2018-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100137D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	509	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	516	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB534
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB534+hil