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2000 SESSION
SB 1 Elections; procedures at the polls, voter identification.
Introduced by: Kevin G. Miller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Elections; procedures at the polls; voter identification. Adds a requirement that every voter present a form of identification when he offers to vote at the polls. The required identification may be any one of the following: his Commonwealth of Virginia voter registration card, his social security card, his valid Virginia driver’s license, an identification card issued by a state, local, or federal government agency, or an identification card with a photograph of the voter issued by his employer. If a voter cannot present identification, he may still vote if he signs a statement, subject to felony penalties, that he is the named registered voter he claims to be. Under present law, this voter identification requirement applies only to certain first-time voters who have registered by mail and in certain challenged vote situations. The bill also deletes a provision enacted in 1999 that provided for a pilot project in up to ten jurisdictions to test the voter identification process. In October 1999, the Virginia Supreme Court upheld the injunction issued by the Richmond City Circuit Court that prohibited implementation of the pilot program at the November 1999 elections in ten counties and cities on the ground that all voters were not treated alike under the pilot program. Senate Bill 139 has been incorporated into this bill.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/00 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 11/18/99 007142476 pdf
- 01/19/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 006926476-S1 pdf
- 03/09/00 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1ER) pdf
- 04/11/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0366) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/00 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 11/18/99 007142476
- 01/12/00 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/18/00 Senate: Reported from P. & E. with substitute (11-Y 3-N)
- 01/19/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 006926476-S1
- 01/19/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/00 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/00 Senate: Read second time
- 01/20/00 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/20/00 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 006926476-S1
- 01/20/00 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 006926476-S1
- 01/21/00 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/24/00 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- 01/24/00 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (21-Y 17-N)
- 01/24/00 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/01/00 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/01/00 House: Read first time
- 02/01/00 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/21/00 House: Reported from P. & E. w/amendment (14-Y 9-N)
- 02/22/00 House: Read second time
- 02/23/00 House: Read third time
- 02/23/00 House: Amendments by Del. Cranwell rejected (47-Y 50-N)
- 02/23/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (47-Y 50-N)
- 02/23/00 House: Amendment by Del. Devolites agreed to
- 02/23/00 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/23/00 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/23/00 House: Passed House with amendments (55-Y 41-N)
- 02/23/00 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (55-Y 41-N)
- 02/25/00 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/25/00 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
- 02/25/00 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (37-Y 2-N)
- 03/09/00 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1ER)
- 03/14/00 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/16/00 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/16/00 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/04/00 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 366 (effective 7/1/00)
- 04/11/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0366)