Bill Text: VA SB1455 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Voter registration; monetary payments for registering for another.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2017-04-05 - Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto [SB1455 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2017-SB1455-Enrolled.html

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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 24.2-1004.1, relating to payments for registering to vote; penalties. [S 1455] Approved

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 24.2-1004.1 as follows:

§24.2-1004.1. Payments for registering to vote; penalties.

A. Any person who gives, offers, or promises any monetary payment to another in exchange for that person registering to vote is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. Any person who solicits or accepts any monetary payment from another in exchange for his registering to vote is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.