Virginia Senate Bill 137 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on March 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Absentee ballots; electronic transmission by general registrars. Provides that when a voter who is eligible to request to receive certain absentee voting materials, including the absentee ballot, by electronic transmission so requests, the email address or fax number used by the general registrars to send such materials shall be the official email address or fax number of the office of the general registrar published on the Department of Elections website. The bill authorizes the State Board of Elections to prescribe by regulations the format of the email address to be used to transmit ballots to eligible voters and also allows the general registrars to use electronic transmission facilities provided by the Federal Voting Assistance Program. The bill does not provide for the return by electronic means of a voted absentee ballot.

Absentee ballots; electronic transmission by general registrars.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2016-03-03 - Senate - Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) (Y: 38 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-03 - Senate - Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 3-N) (Y: 36 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-01 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (93-Y 0-N) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-26 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463)
2016-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 463 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
2016-03-11	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
2016-03-10	Senate	Signed by President
2016-03-07	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB137ER)
2016-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2016-03-03	Senate	House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
2016-03-03	Senate	Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-03-03	Senate	House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 3-N)
2016-03-01	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (93-Y 0-N)
2016-03-01	House	Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (93-Y 0-N)
2016-03-01	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2016-03-01	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2016-03-01	House	Read third time
2016-02-29	House	Read second time
2016-02-26	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
2016-02-16	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
2016-02-08	House	Assigned P & E sub: Elections
2016-02-03	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2016-02-03	House	Read first time
2016-02-03	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-02-01	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2016-01-29	Senate	Printed as engrossed 16101327D-E
2016-01-29	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB137E
2016-01-29	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2016-01-29	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2016-01-29	Senate	Read second time
2016-01-28	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2016-01-26	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (13-Y 0-N)
2015-12-29	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2015-12-29	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101327D

HB456 (Same As) 2016-02-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	706	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB137
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB137+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB137E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB137ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0463+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S08V0031+SB0137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0117SB0137+SB0137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0139SB0137+SB0137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H1804V0040+SB0137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H18V0092+SB0137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV1054+SB0137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0805SB0137+SB0137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0810SB0137+SB0137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0811SB0137+SB0137