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2013 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections

Chairman: Mark D. Obenshain

Clerk: Maribeth Turner, Jocelyn Lance
Staff: M. Spain, D. Cotter, J. Austin
Date of Meeting: February 5, 2013
Time and Place: Tuesday, 4:00 PM, Senate Room A, General Assembly Building
CANCELED

H.B. 1335 Local officers; senior judge may appoint temporary member to elecatoral board.

Patron: Bell, Richard P.

Local officers. Requires localities to temporarily designate someone to fill the position of an appointed officer in the case of an absence or disability. Currently, such authority is optional. Also, in the case of an emergency, the Chief Judge of the Circuit, or his designee, may appoint a temporary member to the electoral board in the event of one member's temporary absence or disability.

  A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-106 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local officers.

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H.B. 1339 Election districts & redistricting; locality permitted to exclude from census correctional facility.

Patron: Ware, R.L.

Local election districts and redistricting. Permits any county, city, or town governing body to exclude from the census population used in decennial redistricting the adult inmate populations of federal, state, or regional adult correctional facilities located in the localities. Current law allows the exclusion of such inmate populations only if they exceed 12 percent of the ideal population of a local election district.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-304.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local election districts and redistricting.

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H.B. 1702 Counseling, Board of; confirmation of appointments by General Assembly.

Patron: Carr

Board of Counseling; confirmation of appointments by General Assembly. Provides that all appointments to the Board of Counseling that are made by the Governor shall be subject to confirmation by the General Assembly.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-3503 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Counseling; confirmation of appointments by General Assembly.

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H.B. 1747 Voter registration; registration activities by third parties.

Patron: Cosgrove

Voter registration; registration activities by third parties. Requires individuals and groups conducting voter registration drives, when obtaining 25 or more voter registration applications from the State Board of Elections or local offices, to register with the State Board or local offices, provide information as required by the State Board, receive training, and execute a sworn affidavit that they will abide by all Virginia voter registration laws and rules. The bill also prohibits pre-populating registration applications with information unless directed by the applicant to do so. Finally, the bill reduces the time limit for mailing or delivering such completed applications from 15 to 10 days.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-416.3, 24.2-416.6, 24.2-418, and 24.2-1002.01 of the Code of Virginia, relating to voter registration; activities by third parties.

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H.B. 2022 Voter registration list exchange; SBE shall request information to identify duplicate registrations.

Patron: Rush

Voter registration exchange. Directs the State Board of Elections to request voter registration information and lists of persons voting at primaries and elections, if available, from the states that border the Commonwealth in order to identify duplicate registrations, voters who no longer reside in the Commonwealth, and other persons no longer entitled to be registered to vote. The State Board shall report annually to the Committees on Privileges and Elections on its progress, including the number of duplicate registrations discovered and the steps taken by the Board to eliminate duplicate registrations.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 24.2-404.4, relating to voter registration list exchange.

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H.B. 2107 Absentee ballot procedures and count; requires prompt counting immediately after close of polls.

Patron: Spruill

Elections; absentee ballot procedures and count. Requires the prompt counting of absentee ballots immediately after the close of the polls and advance steps by the general registrar to prepare for the prompt counting of absentee ballots.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-709.1, 24.2-711, and 24.2-712 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; absentee voting procedures; counting of absentee ballots.

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H.B. 2143 Voting; handling of provisional ballot envelope information.

Patron: Keam

Provisional ballot envelopes. Specifies that provisional ballot envelopes are to be placed in the ballot container promptly.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-653 of the Code of Virginia, relating to voting; provisional ballots.

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H.B. 2158 Officers of election; officers may be assigned to work in multiple precincts on election day.

Patron: Lopez

Officers of election; multiple precincts. Provides that the local electoral board may reassign an officer of election from the precinct in which he was originally assigned to work to another precinct for the remaining portion of election day.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-115.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to officers of elections; multiple precincts.

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H.B. 2255 Voter lists; State Board of Elections to update, etc, list of persons who voted at elections, etc.

Patron: Comstock

Voter lists. Requires a local electoral board to submit the list of persons who voted at any election to the State Board of Elections within 60 days after each election unless such list is not available due to a pending recount or election contest. The State Board shall make available such lists no later than seven days after receiving them from the electoral board.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-406 of the Code of Virginia, relating to obtaining lists of persons who voted.

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H.J.R. 536 Constitutional amendment; right to work (first reference).

Patron: Bell, Richard P.

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); right to work. Provides that any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby persons not members of such union or organization are denied the right to work for the employer, or whereby such membership is made a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such employer, or whereby any such union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any enterprise, is against public policy and constitutes an illegal combination or conspiracy and is void.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article I a section numbered 11-A, relating to the right to work.

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H.J.R. 551 Constitutional amendment; General Assembly may exempt real property of spouses of soldiers killed.

Patron: Ramadan

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); real property tax exemption for spouses of soldiers killed in action. Provides that the General Assembly may provide a real property tax exemption for the primary residence of surviving spouses of members of the military who are killed in action.

Proposing an amendment to Section 6-A of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia, relating to property tax exemptions.

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H.J.R. 594 Constitutional amendment; limit on appropriations (first reference).

Patron: Loupassi

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); limit on appropriations. Limits total appropriations in a year to the preceding year's total appropriations plus a percentage equal to the sum of the percentage increase in the rate of inflation plus the rate of population increase. However, additional appropriations may be made (i) for tax relief, ii) for deposits to the Revenue Stabilization Fund, or (iii) for nonrecurring capital projects. "Total appropriations" is defined so as not to include appropriated moneys that are received from the federal government or an agency or unit thereof. This resolution incorporates HJ 677. 

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article X a section numbered 7-B, relating to limits on appropriations.

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H.J.R. 622 Constitutional amendment; Transportation Funds (first reference).

Patron: Jones

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, Priority Transportation Fund, and other funds established by general law for transportation. All revenues dedicated to Transportation Funds on January 1, 2014, by general law, other than a general appropriation law, shall be deposited to the Transportation Funds. The General Assembly by general law, other than a general appropriation law, may alter the revenues dedicated to the Funds. The amendment limits the use of Fund moneys to transportation and related purposes. The General Assembly may borrow from the Funds for other purposes only by a vote of two-thirds plus one of the members voting in each house, and the loan must be repaid with reasonable interest within three years. Moneys designated for deposit into funds other than Transportation Funds shall not be used for any transportation-related purpose except for making certain debt service payments on transportation-related bonds and notes. This resolution incorporates HJ 584, HJ 651, and HJ 652.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article X a section numbered 7-B, relating to special funds for transportation purposes.

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