West Virginia House Bill 2169 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-09 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to allow a group to become a recognized political party if the group’s candidate receives one percent of the votes in an election for any one of six statewide offices, including that of Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General or Commissioner of Agriculture; to allow a group of affiliated voters to become a recognized political party if 5,000 or more individuals have identified as a member of the group on their current voter registration forms; and to require voting registration forms to provide a space for individuals who do not select a political party affiliation to write the name of a group of affiliated of voters to which they belong.

Allowing a group of affiliated voters to become a recognized political party under certain criteria

Del. Pat McGeehan [R]	Del. Isaac Sponaugle [D]	Del. Sammi Brown [D]	Del. Cody Thompson [D]
Del. Stephen Wilson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	House	To House Judiciary
2019-01-09	House	Introduced in House
2019-01-09	House	To Judiciary
2019-01-09	House	Filed for introduction

HB2169 (Carry Over) 2019-01-09 - To House Judiciary
SB437 (Similar To) 2019-01-25 - To Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	1	8	Amended Code	Citation Text
3	2	5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2169&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2169%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2169