Virginia Senate Bill 1328 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Removal of elected officers and certain appointed officers; petition for removal. Requires signatures for a petition for removal of an officer to be collected within 90 days. No signatures on such petition shall be collected (i) within 75 days of a primary election or party nomination process in which the officer is a candidate and through the date of the next general election if the officer is the winner of the primary election or party nomination process or (ii) on the date of any general or special election in which the officer is a candidate through the thirtieth day after the officer takes office if the officer is the winner of the general or special election. The bill also requires the petition to be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 30 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last election for the office that the officer whose removal is sought holds. Current law requires the petition to be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 10 percent of the total number of votes cast at such election. Removal of elected officers and certain appointed officers; petition for removal. Requires signatures for a petition for removal of an officer to be collected within 90 days. No signatures on such petition shall be collected (i) within 75 days of a primary election or party nomination process in which the officer is a candidate and through the date of the next general election if the officer is the winner of the primary election or party nomination process or (ii) on the date of any general or special election in which the officer is a candidate through the thirtieth day after the officer takes office if the officer is the winner of the general or special election. The bill also requires the petition to be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 30 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last election for the office that the officer whose removal is sought holds. Current law requires the petition to be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 10 percent of the total number of votes cast at such election.

Removal of officers; elected officers and officers appointed to elected office.

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

2023-02-14 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 7-N) (Y: 31 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2023-02-14	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
2023-02-13	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2023-02-08	House	Read first time
2023-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-03	Senate	Passed Senate (31-Y 7-N)
2023-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-03	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1328S1
2023-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23106060D-S1
2023-02-03	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-03	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-31	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23106060D-S1
2023-01-31	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2023-01-20	Senate	Assigned to P&E sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2023-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102764D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	230	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	233	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	233.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	233.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	234	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	235	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	236	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	237	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	238	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	682	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	688	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	945.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1328
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1328+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1328S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23106015D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1328F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1328FS1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S08V0058+SB1328
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0212SB1328+SB1328
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0236SB1328+SB1328
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0240SB1328+SB1328
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1801V0030+SB1328