Bill Text: VA SB1111 | 2021 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Elections; preservation of order at the polls, powers of officers of election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote [SB1111 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2021-SB1111-Prefiled.html
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SENATE BILL NO. 1111
Offered January 13, 2021
Prefiled December 15, 2020
A BILL to amend and reenact §24.2-606 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to elections; preservation of order at the polls; powers of
officers of election.
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Patron-- Spruill
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Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §24.2-606 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§24.2-606. Preservation of order at elections.
The officers of election, with the consent of the chief
law-enforcement officer for the county or city, may designate a law-enforcement
officer who shall attend at the polling place and preserve order inside and
outside the polling place. If no law-enforcement
officer is in attendance, the officers of election may appoint, in writing, one
or more persons specially, who shall have all the powers of a law-enforcement
officer in the polling place and within the prohibited area prescribed by §
24.2-604.
