Virginia House Bill 540 (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 Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Elections; definition of "party" or "political party." Changes the definition of "party" or "political party" to mean an organization of citizens of the Commonwealth that, at either of the two preceding statewide general elections, received at least three percent of the total vote cast for any statewide office filled in that election. Currently, to be defined as a party or political party, such an organization must receive at least 10 percent of the total vote cast for any statewide office filled at either of the two preceding statewide general elections.

Elections; changes definition of "party" or "political party."

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]

2018-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 1-N) (Y: 5 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2018-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 1-N)
2018-01-22	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2
2018-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2018-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100144D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB540
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB540+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1802V0018+HB0540