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2008 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections

Chairman: Janet D. Howell

Clerk: Charles Shotton
Staff: Mary Spain, Jack Austin
Date of Meeting: February 19, 2008
Time and Place: 4:00 PM, Senate Room A

H.B. 11

Patron: Albo

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); property exempt from taxation. Provides for a referendum at the November 2008 election on approval of a proposed constitutional amendment relating to property tax exemptions. The proposed amendment authorizes the General Assembly to enact legislation that will allow localities by ordinance to exempt or partially exempt from real property taxes, or defer real property taxes on, up to 20 percent of the value of residential or farm property that is the owner-occupant's primary dwelling and lived in continuously. If approved by the voters, the amendment will take effect January 1, 2009. This bill incorporates HB 6 and HB 272.

A BILL to provide for the submission to the voters of a proposed amendment to Section 6 of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia, relating to property tax exemptions, including tax relief for certain homeowners.

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H.B. 84

Patron: Landes

Virginia-North Carolina Interstate Toll Road Compact.  Repeals the Virginia-North Carolina Interstate Toll Road Compact.

A BILL to repeal § 33.1-465 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia-North Carolina Interstate Toll Road Compact.

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H.B. 359

Patron: Cole

Reporting designated campaign contributions. Requires political committees, out-of-state political committees, and federal political action committees to provide a candidate's campaign committee with information regarding the contributor of any designated contribution so that the candidate can identify the donor of the designated contribution on his or her campaign finance report. Political party committees and organized political party groups of elected officials are the only entities currently required to report such information. The provisions of the bill will become effective January 1, 2009. This bill is identical to SB 452. This bill incorporates HB 53, HB 54, HB 353, HB 1134, and HB 1389.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-945.1, 24.2-947.4, 24.2-949.5, 24.2-949.9:2, 24.2-950.1, and 24.2-950.4 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 24.2-950.5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to campaign finance information and reporting of designated contributions.

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H.B. 395

Patron: Cole

Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Establishes a compact to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents. The compact becomes effective when 10 states enact the compact into law.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 22.1 a chapter numbered 24, consisting of a section numbered 22.1-360, relating to the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.

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H.B. 637

Patron: May

Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006; applicability to town elections.  Authorizes the governing body of any town with a population of less than 25,000, by ordinance, to provide that the provisions of the Act shall apply to elections in the town for town offices.  Present law exempts from the provisions of the Act all elections for town office in towns with a population of less than 25,000.  The bill also will make the town elections subject to other provisions governing political campaign advertisements (§ 24.2-955 et seq.) in those towns opting to be covered by the Act. The provisions on advertisements apply when the cost or value of the advertisement must be reported as a contribution or expenditure under the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-945 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006; applicability to town elections.

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H.B. 724

Patron: Scott, E.T.

Elections; polling hours; and central absentee voter precincts. Permits the local electoral board, with the agreement of the general registrar, to delay the opening of the central absentee voter precinct from 6:00 a.m. for up to six hours or until noon, so long as the general registrar's office is available for the receipt of returned absentee ballots during that time.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-603 and 24.2-712 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; polling hours; and central absentee voter precincts.

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H.B. 798

Patron: Englin

Absentee ballot applications and procedures.  Provides that voters covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act who reside or are stationed outside the continental borders of the United States may receive their blank absentee ballots by electronic transmission. Present law allows these voters to request absentee ballots by electronic transmission. This bill covers the second step of sending the ballot to these overseas voters. The voted ballots will have to be returned by mail.  This bill is identical to SB 508.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-706 of the Code of Virginia, relating to absentee ballot applications and procedures.

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H.B. 800

Patron: Englin

Implementation of election law changes with respect to special elections.  Provides that a change in the election laws enacted at a regular session will not take effect for a special election when the writ for the special election has been issued before the effective date of the law.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-101.1, relating to implementation of certain Acts of the Assembly; special elections.

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H.B. 1062

Patron: Brink

Elections; persons entitled to vote absentee.  Adds women who are pregnant at the time of applying to vote absentee to the list of persons eligible to vote absentee.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-700 and 24.2-701 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; persons entitled to vote absentee; pregnancy; applications.

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H.B. 1099

Patron: Sickles

Voter registration lists; access to date of birth information.  Provides that the day and month of birth of a registered voter shall not be shown on the pollbook or any registration list available to the public.  Only the year of birth of the voter shall be shown.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-404, 24.2-444, and 24.2-706 of the Code of Virginia, relating to voter registration records; public inspection of records; duties of State Board of Elections, registrars, and electoral boards.

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H.B. 1127

Patron: Jones, S.C.

Campaign finance disclosure; required special reports for certain large contributions.  Provides a technical correction to two sections requiring special reports for certain large contributions by adding a cross-reference to the section that covers the manner and place for filing the reports. An existing cross-reference in these sections covers the required contents of the special reports.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-947.9 and 24.2-948 of the Code of Virginia, relating to campaign finance disclosure; required special reports of certain large contributions.

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H.B. 1185

Patron: Lingamfelter

Elections; cancellation of voter registration on basis of non-citizenship.  Provides that the general registrar shall mail notice to voters who are reported not to be citizens by the Department of Motor Vehicles and that such voters will have 14 days to respond to the notice with a sworn statement that the voter is a citizen.  Present law provides for automatic cancellation of the voter's registration by the general registrar on receipt of the report from the Department.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-427 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; cancellations of voter registrations.

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H.B. 1197

Patron: Sickles

Elections; voter registration; and electronic administration systems.  Reduces the period of time that registration records must be closed before a general or primary election from 28 to 21 days beginning January 1, 2010.  The bill also authorizes localities to acquire electronic administration systems such as electronic pollbooks that have been approved by the State Board of Elections for use in elections.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-414, 24.2-416, and 24.2-611 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; voter registration; and electronic administration systems.

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H.B. 1235

Patron: Bouchard

Elections; locking of equipment after election; and timing of special elections.  Provides that the period of time that voting equipment must be locked and secured after an election will be until the deadline has passed to request a recount (generally 10 days after the election results are certified); and reduces from 60 days to 55 days the period of time during which a special election cannot be called before a general or primary election. These changes give more flexibility for the scheduling of special elections.  This bill is identical to SB 509.

 

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-659 and 24.2-682 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; locking of equipment after election; and timing of special elections.

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H.B. 1262

Patron: Hall

Elections; absentee ballot applications.  Permits an absentee ballot to be sent to the address where the absentee voter is temporarily confined due to an illness or disability.  Current law allows the ballot to be sent to the absentee voter at any address where he will be located while absent from his county or city of residence but not to a temporary location, such as a rehabilitation center, within his county or city of residence.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-701 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; absentee ballot applications and mailings thereof.

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H.B. 1455

Patron: Nichols

Elections; provisional ballot procedures. Corrects a reference in the Code concerning the handling of provisional ballots to clarify that the information provided by the persons casting provisional ballots will be entered in the precinct provisional ballots log rather than in the pollbook for the precinct. This bill is identical to SB 684.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-653 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; provisional ballot procedures.

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H.B. 1476

Patron: Rust

Elections; voting equipment; wireless communications at polling places. Provides exceptions to the prohibition on wireless communications to or from voting devices at the polls on election day. First, the prohibition will not apply to voting equipment purchased by a locality before July 1, 2007. Second, electronic pollbooks may be used. This bill is identical to SB 52. This bill incorporates HB 467, HB 685, and HB 801.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-625.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections equipment; wireless communications at polling places; exceptions.

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H.B. 1477

Patron: Wright

Elections; town election polling places and processes. Provides an exception to location limitations on town polling places for November town elections to require use of county precincts, modifies the process for including town offices on November ballots, and specifies how to ascertain and report the election results for towns located in more than one county. This bill is identical to SB 757.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-310 and 24.2-601 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; town election polling places and processes.

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H.B. 1494

Patron: Pogge

Congressional, Senate, and House of Delegates Districts.  Makes technical adjustments between the First and Third Congressional Districts, First and Third Senatorial Districts, and Ninety-Third and Ninety-Sixth House of Delegates Districts to reflect boundary adjustments between York County and the City of Newport News made in 2007.

A BILL to make technical adjustments to certain Congressional, Senatorial, and House of Delegates District boundaries.

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H.J.R. 4

Patron: Albo

Constitutional amendment (second resolution); property exempt from taxation. Authorizes the General Assembly to enact legislation that will allow localities by ordinance to exempt from real property taxes, or defer real property taxes on, up to 20 percent of the value of residential or farm property that is the owner- occupant's primary dwelling and lived in continuously. This resolution incorporates HJR 3, HJR 56, and HJR 121.

Proposing an amendment to Section 6 of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia, relating to property tax exemptions, including tax relief for certain homeowners.

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H.J.R. 263

Patron: Cosgrove

Appointments by the Speaker of the House of Delegates.  Confirms appointments by the Speaker to the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission, the Board of the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy, and the Board of Directors of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority.

Confirming various appointments by the Speaker of the House of Delegates.

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S.J.R. 160

Patron: Howell

Confirming Governor's appointments; agency heads and certain persons.  Confirms appointments made by Governor Kaine during the 2008 Session of agency heads and other persons and communicated to the General Assembly January 31, 2008.

Confirming appointments by the Governor of certain agency heads and persons.

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S.J.R. 182

Patron: Howell

Confirming the appointment of the Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.  Confirms the appointment of Robert W. Duncan to serve as Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

Confirming the appointment of the Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

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