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2012 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections

Chairman: Mark D. Obenshain

Clerk: Hobie Lehman, Bonnie Shelhorse
Staff: M. Spain, D. Cotter, J. Austin
Date of Meeting: February 28, 2012
Time and Place: 4:00 pm/Senate Room A
*Updated to add SJR 201

H.B. 57

Patron: Cole

State Board of Elections; duties with respect to voter registration.  Provides that the State Board shall distribute the alphabetical lists of registered voters in each precinct to each county, city, and town at least 16, rather than 10, days before an election to give more time for local review.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-404 of the Code of Virginia, relating to State Board of Elections; duties with respect to voter registration.

12101212D

H.B. 259

Patron: Cole

House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustments.  Makes technical changes in House of Delegates Districts 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 59, 60, 64, 67, 75, 87, and 99 in order to eliminate split voting precincts and otherwise facilitate administration of legislative elections by local officials. All districts remain within one percent deviation of the ideal population.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-304.04, relating to technical adjustments of certain House of Delegates district boundaries.

12105339D

H.B. 417

Patron: Watts

Elections; polling places; prohibited campaign area.  Provides that the requirement to provide an area of 40 feet from the entrance to a polling place applies to the entrance to a polling place contained within a structure. Campaign activities may be allowed by the local electoral board within the structure so long as the prohibited campaign area is enforced within 40 feet of the entrance to the polling place.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-310 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; requirements for polling places.

12103190D

H.B. 736

Patron: Jones

Primary schedule in 2012.  Moves the June 12, 2012, primary date to August 7, 2012, in response to the 2012 redistricting process and adjusts various deadlines for filings and election preparations to accommodate the new primary date. The bill also authorizes the State Board of Elections to adjust dates and deadlines (other than the primary and election dates) if necessary to complete the Voting Rights Act Section 5 preclearance process. The bill will not take effect if this year's congressional redistricting plan is cleared for implementation under the Voting Rights Act by April 3, 2012, and the usual June primary date will be in effect.  The bill includes protections for the current petition process. The bill contains an emergency clause.  The act will expire January 1, 2013.

A BILL to provide for a revised primary and filing schedule for the November 2012 election and to schedule the 2012 primary for August 7, 2012; petition requirements.

12104929D

EMERGENCY

H.B. 866

Patron: Rust

Fairfax County School Board; staggered elections. Allows for staggered terms for the Fairfax County school board beginning with the November 2015 general election upon a majority vote of its members.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-57.3 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-57.3:1.3, relating to the Fairfax County School Board; staggered elections.

12101176D

H.B. 881

Patron: Sickles

Political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements.  Requires print advertisements to contain sufficient space to display the required disclosure statement in a minimum font size of seven point and provides that an electronic advertisement without sufficient space may meet the disclosure requirement by a link that takes the viewer to a page showing the disclosure statement.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-956 and 24.2-956.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements.

12104782D

H.B. 1007

Patron: Ramadan

Voter registration; Department of Motor Vehicles.  Provides for cooperation between the Department of Motor Vehicles and the State Board of Elections in the prompt transmittal of voter registration applications and change of address information from DMV offices to SBE and the general registrars.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-411.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to voter registration; Department of Motor Vehicles.

12102048D

H.B. 1021

Patron: Englin

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); legislative sessions.  Provides for a referendum at the November 6, 2012, election to approve or reject an amendment authorizing the General Assembly to delay the reconvened session for a period of up to one week. The Constitution now provides that the reconvened session will be held on the sixth Wednesday after adjournment of a regular or special session. The proposed amendment would allow the General Assembly to postpone the reconvened session for a brief period; for example, to avoid convening on a religious holiday.

A BILL to provide for the submission to the voters of a proposed amendment to Section 6 of Article IV of the Constitution of Virginia, relating to legislative sessions.

12101327D

H.B. 1118

Patron: Ingram

Elections; persons eligible to obtain lists of persons voting at primaries and elections.  Allows access to the lists for all political purposes by members of the public and nonprofit organizations as well as by candidates, elected officials, and political party chairmen.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-406 of the Code of Virginia, relating to persons eligible to obtain lists of persons voting at primaries and elections.

12100835D

H.B. 1131

Patron: Cole

Costs of elections.  Requires cities and towns to pay the costs incurred by the State Board of Elections in administering local May elections.  

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-600 of the Code of Virginia, relating to costs of elections.

12104748D

H.B. 1151

Patron: Cole

Petition requirements for candidates for statewide offices. Provides that the petition requirement for statewide office candidates of 400 signatures from each congressional district may be met on the basis of the existing congressional districts if the new decennial congressional redistricting plan has not been enacted and approved for implementation under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act before January 1 of the election year. The bill further provides that references to the usual June primary date in a petition will not be cause to invalidate the petition if the primary date is altered by law. This bill has an emergency clause.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-311 of the Code of Virginia, relating to effective date of decennial redistricting measures.

12103718D

EMERGENCY

H.J.R. 138

Patron: Englin

Constitutional amendment (second resolution); legislative sessions.  Provides that the General Assembly may agree to delay the reconvened session for a period of up to one week. The Constitution now provides that the reconvened session be held on the sixth Wednesday after adjournment of a regular or special session. The proposed amendment would allow the General Assembly to postpone the reconvened session for a brief period; for example, to avoid convening on a religious holiday.

Proposing an amendment to Section 6 of Article IV of the Constitution of Virginia, relating to legislative sessions.

12101159D

S.J.R. 201

Patron: Obenshain

Confirming Governor's appointments of certain persons.  Confirms appointments to various positions made by Governor McDonnell and communicated to the General Assembly February 24, 2012.

Confirming appointments by the Governor of certain persons communicated February 24, 2012.

12105670D