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SB 7 Absentee voting; persons with a disability or illness may vote absentee.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Elections; absentee voting. Extends to persons with any disability or illness, rather than only a "physical" disability or illness, the ability to obtain an absentee ballot and provides a definition for "person with a disability" by cross reference to the definition in The Virginians With Disabilities Act.
FULL TEXT
- 11/28/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087709220 pdf
- 03/24/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB7ER) pdf
- 04/23/08 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB7ER2) pdf
- 05/12/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0880) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 11/28/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087709220
- 11/28/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/15/08 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/08 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/21/08 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/08 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/11/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/08 House: Read first time
- 02/11/08 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/12/08 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
- 02/15/08 House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
- 02/29/08 House: Reconsidered by Privileges and Elections
- 03/03/08 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/08 House: Read second time
- 03/05/08 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/06/08 House: Read third time
- 03/06/08 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/06/08 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/06/08 House: Passed House with amendment (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/08 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/08 Senate: House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 36-N)
- 03/06/08 House: House insisted on amendment
- 03/06/08 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/06/08 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/08 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/06/08 Senate: Senators: Deeds, Barker, Vogel
- 03/06/08 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/06/08 House: Delegates: Hargrove, O'Bannon, Eisenberg
- 03/07/08 Senate: Reading of conference report waived
- 03/07/08 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/08 House: Conference report agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/24/08 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/24/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB7ER)
- 03/24/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/26/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/11/08 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/22/08 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/23/08 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/23/08 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation amendment #1 (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/23/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/23/08 House: House rejected Governor's recommendation amendments # 2 & 3 (4-Y 94-N)
- 04/23/08 House: VOTE: --- REJECTED (4-Y 94-N)
- 04/23/08 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted in part
- 04/23/08 Senate: Communicated to Governor
- 04/23/08 House: Reenrolled
- 04/23/08 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB7ER2)
- 04/23/08 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/23/08 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 05/12/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 880 (effective 7/1/08)
- 05/12/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0880)