Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 29 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-21 - Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General. Changes the method of election for the Governor, and by reference, the Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes in a majority of each of the congressional districts shall be declared elected. Under current law, the person receiving the highest number of votes statewide is declared elected. Ties in the number of votes in a given congressional district or in the number of congressional districts won are determined by a majority vote of the General Assembly.

Constitutional amendment; election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General.

Sen. Amanda Chase [R]

2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-21	Senate	Stricken at request of Patron in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101323D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SJ29
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SJ29+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0030+SJ0029