Virginia Senate Bill 74 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 25 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-04 - Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Election day voter registration; pilot program. Requires the State Board of Elections to develop a pilot program for election day voter registration, by which a person who (i) offers to vote on election day but is not a registered voter, (ii) provides one of the allowable forms of identification specified by law, and (iii) provides proof of his residency, in a form specified by the State Board for this purpose, in the precinct in which he offers to vote, shall be permitted to register to vote and to cast a ballot. The bill provides a process by which the validity of such votes is determined. The bill requires participating localities to provide information on the implementation of the pilot program in its locality to the State Board by December 1 of each year in which it participates. The bill requires the State Board to submit a report on the pilot program to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections, including a recommendation as to whether there should be statewide election day voter registration. The bill has an expiration date of December 31, 2022.

Election day voter registration; State Board of Elections to develop a pilot program, report.

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

2020-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 8-N) (Y: 7 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-04	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 8-N)
2019-11-25	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2019-11-25	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100903D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	425.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB74
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB74+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0101+SB0074