Virginia Senate Bill 62 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: Engrossed on February 8 2012 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-09 - Senate: Defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Primary elections; voter registration by political party. Adds party affiliation to the information that an applicant is asked to provide when registering to vote. The applicant may indicate that he is an independent. Voters registered prior to January 1, 2013, will be designated as independent unless they provide a political party designation in writing to the general registrar. Voters may change their party affiliation or independent status by written notice at any time before the registration records are closed prior to an election. The state party chairman of each political party must notify the State Board of Elections by January 31 of each year of the party rules governing who may participate in the party primary.

Primary elections; adds party affiliation to application when registering to vote.

Sen. Richard Black [R]

Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]

Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

Sen. William Stanley [R]

2012-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N) (Y: 16 N: 24 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2012-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (15-Y 25-N) (Y: 6 N: 24 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2012-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-09		Senate: Defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N)
2012-02-09		Senate: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
2012-02-09		Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (15-Y 25-N)
2012-02-08		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB62S1
2012-02-08		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12104359D-S1
2012-02-08		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2012-02-08		Senate: Read second time
2012-02-07		Senate: Passed by for the day
2012-02-06		Senate: Passed by for the day
2012-02-06		Senate: Read second time
2012-02-03		Senate: Passed by for the day
2012-02-02		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2012-02-01		Senate: Incorporates SB244
2012-01-31		Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104359D-S1
2012-01-31		Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
2012-01-17		Senate: Assigned to P&E sub: Campaigns and Elections
2012-01-05		Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2012-01-05		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100717D

SB244 (Similar To) 2012-01-31 - Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
HB1051 (Same As) 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Privileges and Elections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	418.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	423.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	516.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	530	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	535	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB62
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB62+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB62S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S08V0033+SB0062
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0221SB0062+SB0062
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0317SB0062+SB0062
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0321SB0062+SB0062
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0322SB0062+SB0062