Virginia Senate Bill 960 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 3 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Absentee ballots; expediting the counting of absentee ballots returned by mail prior to election day. Provides that if a general registrar has opted to expedite the counting of absentee ballots returned by mail by opening the sealed ballot envelopes in accordance with law, the requirement that the absentee ballot return envelope and unopened ballot envelope be deposited into an appropriate container does not apply. Current law contains a contradiction that absentee ballot return envelopes and unopened ballot envelopes are to be deposited into an appropriate container while also allowing the sealed ballot envelopes to be opened so that they may be inserted into a ballot scanner machine or other secure ballot container.

Absentee ballots; expediting counting of absentee ballots returned by mail prior to election day.

Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]

2017-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 1-N) (Y: 19 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-07 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-03		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)
2017-03-03		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 275 (effective 7/1/17)
2017-02-21		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
2017-02-21	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
2017-02-20	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-17	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-17	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB960ER)
2017-02-17	Senate	Enrolled
2017-02-15	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2017-02-15	House	Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
2017-02-15	House	Read third time
2017-02-14	House	Passed by for the day
2017-02-13	House	Read second time
2017-02-10	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 1-N)
2017-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2017-01-31	House	Assigned P & E sub: Elections
2017-01-31	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2017-01-31	House	Read first time
2017-01-31	House	Placed on Calendar
2017-01-24	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2017-01-23	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2017-01-20	Senate	Passed by for the day
2017-01-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-01-17	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 0-N)
2017-01-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2017-01-02	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103086D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	710	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB960
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB960+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB960ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0275+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S08V0019+SB0960
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0070SB0960+SB0960
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0088SB0960+SB0960
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H1804V0031+SB0960
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H18V0093+SB0960
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV2340+SB0960