VA HB623 | 2012 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 22 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Elections, administrative matters, and duties of the electoral board and general registrar. Provides for certain administrative efficiencies: permits general registrar to administer oath to voting equipment custodians; clarifies method to give notice of change in location of general registrar's office; modernizes procedures to give public notice of registration times and primaries; and permits absentee ballot envelopes to be opened before election day so long as the ballots are placed in a secure ballot container and no count is initiated.

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Title

Elections; administrative matters and duties of electoral board and general registrar.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2012-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2012-03-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328)
2012-03-22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 328 (effective 7/1/12)
2012-03-07 Senate: Signed by President
2012-03-05 House: Signed by Speaker
2012-03-05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB623ER)
2012-03-05 House: Enrolled
2012-02-28 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
2012-02-28 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
2012-02-27 House: Placed on Calendar
2012-02-24 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N)
2012-02-24 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2012-02-24 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (37-Y 0-N)
2012-02-24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
2012-02-24 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
2012-02-24 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
2012-02-24 Senate: Read third time
2012-02-23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2012-02-21 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
2012-02-02 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2012-02-02 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2012-02-01 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2012-02-01 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2012-01-31 House: Read second time and engrossed
2012-01-30 House: Read first time
2012-01-27 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N)
2012-01-24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
2012-01-16 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections Subcommittee
2012-01-10 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2012-01-10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103714D

Same As/Similar To

SB566 (Same As) 2012-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0486)

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
242120(n/a)See Bill Text
242306(n/a)See Bill Text
242415(n/a)See Bill Text
242517(n/a)See Bill Text
242709.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB623
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB623+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB623ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0328+hil
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H1802V0013+HB0623
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H18V0015+HB0623
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV0343+HB0623
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S08V0078+HB0623
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0594HB0623+HB0623
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0628HB0623+HB0623
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0629HB0623+HB0623
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0630HB0623+HB0623
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV1195+HB0623

Bill Comments

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