VA SB69 | 2008 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 1 2008 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-03-10 - House: Left in Privileges and Elections

Summary

Elections; absentee voting. Provides that qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse or reason for not being able to vote in person on election day. The bill retains the present statutory list of specific reasons entitling a voter to cast an absentee ballot for those persons who vote absentee by mail. This bill is identical to

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Title

Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee without providing reason.

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History

DateChamberAction
2008-03-10 House: Left in Privileges and Elections
2008-02-12 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
2008-02-12 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2008-02-12 House: Read first time
2008-02-12 House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-04 Senate: Communicated to House
2008-02-04 Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N)
2008-02-04 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-04 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N)
2008-02-01 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB69S1
2008-02-01 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 087678248-S1
2008-02-01 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2008-02-01 Senate: Read second time
2008-01-31 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-01-30 Senate: Committee substitute printed 087678248-S1
2008-01-29 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (10-Y 3-N)
2007-12-21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2007-12-21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087711248

Same As/Similar To

HB309 (Same As) 2008-02-12 - House: Left in Privileges and Elections
SB646 (Similar To) 2010-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0614)
SB8 (Same As) 2008-01-29 - Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (SB69-Howell) (10-Y 3-N)

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