Virginia Senate Bill 566 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 30 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0486)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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.

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

Sen. Stephen Martin [R]

2012-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-24 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-30		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0486)
2012-03-30		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 486 (effective 7/1/12)
2012-03-05		Senate: Signed by President
2012-03-02		House: Signed by Speaker
2012-03-02		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB566ER)
2012-03-02		Senate: Enrolled
2012-02-28		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2012-02-28		House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2012-02-28		House: Read third time
2012-02-27		House: Read second time
2012-02-24		House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 0-N)
2012-02-21		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2012-02-16		House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections Subcommittee
2012-02-15		House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2012-02-15		House: Read first time
2012-02-15		House: Placed on Calendar
2012-02-13		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2012-02-10		Senate: Printed as engrossed 12103716D-E
2012-02-10		Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB566E
2012-02-10		Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
2012-02-10		Senate: Reading of amendments waived
2012-02-10		Senate: Read second time
2012-02-09		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2012-02-07		Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (14-Y 1-N)
2012-01-19		Senate: Assigned to P&E sub: Campaigns and Elections
2012-01-17		Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2012-01-17		Senate: Presented and ordered printed 12103716D

HB623 (Same As) 2012-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB566
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB566+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB566E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB566ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0486+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S08V0056+SB0566
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0325SB0566+SB0566
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0378SB0566+SB0566
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H1802V0047+SB0566
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H18V0119+SB0566
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV1171+SB0566